{"cve":"CVE-2011-1549","nvd":{"published":"2011-03-30T22:55:02.610","modified":"2026-06-16T23:29:36.080","status":"Modified","description":"The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by directories under /var/log/ for packages.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22"],"products":["gentoo:logrotate"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1549","score":0.00365,"percentile":0.30357,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}