openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled
Published Nov 25, 2019
7.1
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Affected products
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- Version through 2011-09-11StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openvas-Scanner | Openvas-Scanner | n/a |
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- < 2011-09-11
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00040) | 9.29th | 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 (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351 x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351 | x_refsource_MISCBroken Link | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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