CVE-2011-1835 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can bypass access restrictions during encrypted private directory setup due to a race condition, potentially escalating privileges.
- 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-2011-1835?
CVE-2011-1835 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1835?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils, Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1835?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2011-1835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1835, GHSA-5w9q-2c3w-jmw2.