{"cve":"CVE-2011-1550","nvd":{"published":"2011-03-30T22:55:02.707","modified":"2026-06-16T23:29:36.347","status":"Modified","description":"The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp 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-2011-1550","score":0.0035,"percentile":0.28711,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}