CVE-2011-1548 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via symlink attacks on logrotate due to root processing of untrusted directories in default Debian configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1548?
CVE-2011-1548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Mar 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by /var/log/postgresql/.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1548?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gentoo Logrotate.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1548?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2011-1548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1548, GHSA-x7w4-r6vr-7hqw.