3.3

CVE-2011-2533: freedesktop dbus Link Following

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-2533
Published 22-06-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2533 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Link Following vulnerability in freedesktop dbus. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.29%
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. 22-06-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp/.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

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
  • dbus< 1.3.2~git20100715.821f99c-1
Freedesktop1 product
  • dbus1.2.1 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.12 | 1.2.14 | 1.2.16 | 1.2.18 | 1.2.20 | 1.2.22 | 1.2.24 | 1.2.26

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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