MEDIUM
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages
Published Mar 30, 2011
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
0.35% 0.00350
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00350
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 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 10.96th | 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 (34)
- 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
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 30, 2011
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1550
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a