CVE-2011-1549 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via symlink attacks because logrotate runs as root on world-writable directories.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1549?
CVE-2011-1549 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 Gentoo 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 directories under /var/log/ for packages.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gentoo Logrotate.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-1549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hpp7-cgr7-qg33.