CVE-2011-3351

7.1 highEPSS 0.4%

openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2019-11-25
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openvas:openvas-scanner

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351

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