VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-3351
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- openvas/openvas-scanner
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.