{"id":"CVE-2011-4338","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-4338","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:21:31.496Z","title":"Shaman 1.0.9: Users can add the line askforpwd=false to his shaman.conf file, without entering the root password in shaman.","description":"Shaman 1.0.9: Users can add the line askforpwd=false to his shaman.conf file, without entering the root password in shaman. The next time shaman is run, root privileges are granted despite the fact that the user never entered the root password.","published":"2020-02-12T19:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:34:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["shaman project/shaman"],"epss":{"score":0.004,"percentile":0.33967,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64066&p=1","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64066&p=1","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4338","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}