HIGH
hardlink: Prone to symlink attacks
Published Nov 26, 2019
7.1
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Hardlink before 0.1.2 operates on full file system objects path names which can allow a local attacker to use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks.
Affected products
-
- Version before 0.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 1
- < 0.1.2
Configuration 2
OR
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
hardlink
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
hardlink
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | hardlink | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | hardlink | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.1 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.6 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.49% 0.00494
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00494
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 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 40.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 38.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00075) | 20.08th | 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)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3632 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3632 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645516 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746713 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3632 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3632
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3632 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3632
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/15/2 x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/20/6 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3632 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3632 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645516 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746713 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3632 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3632 | ||
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3632 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3632 | ||
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/15/2 | x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/20/6 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 26, 2019
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 21, 2011
Link CVE-2011-3632
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a