foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs
Published Oct 23, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 32.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 32.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 18.37th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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