pimd 2.1.5 and possibly earlier versions allows user-assisted local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1)…

Description

pimd 2.1.5 and possibly earlier versions allows user-assisted local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) pimd.dump when a USR1 signal is sent, or (2) pimd.cache when USR2 is sent.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• DSA-2147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 42793 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110107 CVE Request - pimd - Insecure file creation in /var/tmp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110107 Re: CVE Request - pimd - Insecure file creation in /var/tmp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• pimd-pimd-symlink(64528) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 45715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 70305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2011-0007](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2011-0007.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2011-0007)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 21:36 UTC.