MEDIUM
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/
Published Mar 30, 2011
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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/.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00389
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00389
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 30.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 30.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (36)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606544 x_refsource_MISC
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 30, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1548
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a