3.6

CVE-2011-1784: keepalived

CVSS: 3.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2011-1784DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1784
Published 20-05-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1784 is a low (CVSS 3.6) vulnerability in keepalived. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The pidfile_write function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the (1) keepalived.pid, (2) checkers.pid, and (3) vrrp.pid files in /var/run/, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to one of these files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • keepalived< 1:1.2.2-2
Keepalived1 product
  • keepalived≤ 1.2.2 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.3 | 0.2.6 | 0.2.7 | 0.3.5 | 0.3.6 | 0.3.7 | 0.3.8 | 0.4.8 | 0.4.9 | 0.4.9a | 0.5.3 | 0.5.5 | 0.5.6 | 0.5.7 | 0.5.8 | 0.5.9 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.6.6 | 0.6.7 | 0.6.8 | 0.6.9 | 0.6.10 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.6 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.1.20 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • keepalived< 1:1.2.7-1ubuntu1 | < 1:1.2.24-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 1:1.3.9-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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