CVE-2011-2684

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2017-10-23
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

rkkda:foo2zjs

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/

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