CVE-2011-2504 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 8 Mar 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can gain privileges by placing malicious code in the current working directory when running x11perfcomp.

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-2011-2504?

CVE-2011-2504 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in x11perfcomp in XFree86 x11perf before 1.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified Trojan horse code in the current working directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2504?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (22)

`xorg-x11-apps` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-apps` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-apps` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-apps-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.6-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-server-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.5-13.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`
`xorg-x11-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:7.5-6.el6`

Products include Xfree86 X11perf.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2504?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-2504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2504, GHSA-3pfw-q65m-hvg6, RHSA-2013:0502.