CVE-2011-1835

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-255
Published: 2014-02-15
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils
ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465
https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html

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