fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER
Published Feb 9, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 19
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.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00431) | 35.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 35.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00035) | 6.73th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132751.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-49.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/28/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67115 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092091 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/commit/3225d7e169a9edb2f470c26989e7bc8e0d0355ce x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1440 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
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