CVE-2011-3351
HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 09:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenvas ScannerOpenvas Scanner
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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2011-09-11
Affected range stops below 2011-09-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2011-9-11
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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