CVE-2011-3618

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2019 at 02:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxAtop

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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