HIGH
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
Published Nov 12, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
Affected products
-
- Version through 1.26StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 1
- n/a
Configuration 2
OR
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
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.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
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.
0.41% 0.00409
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00409
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 2, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00409) | 32.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00409) | 32.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00107) | 26.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 22.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 12, 2019
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 21, 2011
Link CVE-2011-3618
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a