MEDIUM
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/
Published Jul 27, 2011
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.2
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
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.
4.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.33% 0.00330
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00330
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 23.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 24.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q Advisory
- https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/3445b5653cd297039443110548fb3cab2e8e25af
- https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/d7470d2db919ffcee80c245cf87e6d8d4ba6909c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/3445b5653cd297039443110548fb3cab2e8e25af | ||
| https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/d7470d2db919ffcee80c245cf87e6d8d4ba6909c | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 27, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 31, 2011
Link CVE-2011-2185
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-XWG2-QC6C-7C3Q Updated n/a