OpenIPMI: IPMI event daemon creates PID file with world writeable permissions
Published Dec 15, 2011
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
ipmievd (aka the IPMI event daemon) in OpenIPMI, as used in the ipmitool package 1.8.11 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora 16, and other products uses 0666 permissions for its ipmievd.pid PID file, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing to this file.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.8.11
Running on/with
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0123
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1814
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OpenIPMI
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0123 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1814 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | OpenIPMI | Not affected | n/a |
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00425) | 34.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00434) | 34.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 16.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47173 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47228 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47376 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4339 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4339
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4339
Change history (0)
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