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CVE-2011-3151

SELinux initscript misuse of touch

Medium5.2EPSS 0.60%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2011-3151, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
mitreCNA (assigner)3.0Medium5.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.2.

Weakness

Affected products

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