4.4

CVE-2011-1835: ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils Credentials Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-1835
Published 15-02-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1835 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-2382-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1RHSA-2011:1241

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.35% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ecryptfs2 products
  • ecryptfs_utils58 | 59 | 60 | 61
  • ecryptfs-utils≤ 89 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87
Debian1 product
  • ecryptfs-utils< 92-1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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