CVE-2011-2923

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled. This flaw may be exploited by a local attacker to conduct symlink attacks by overwriting arbitrary files accessible with the privileges of the user running the foomatic-rip universal print filter.

El filtro foomatic-rip, todas las versiones, utilizó archivos temporales creados de manera no segura para el almacenamiento de datos PostScript mediante el renderizado de los datos cuando el modo de depuración fue habilitado. Un atacante local puede explotar este fallo para conducir ataques de enlace simbólico al sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios accesibles con los privilegios del usuario que ejecuta el filtro de impresión universal de foomatic-rip.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-07-27 CVE Reserved
2019-11-19 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923	Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923	Issue Tracking
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923	Third Party Advisory

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linuxfoundation Search vendor "Linuxfoundation"		Foomatic-filters Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" for product "Foomatic-filters"				*		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected