ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite…

Description

ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

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 (8)

• [oss-security] 20111130 CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl module (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 50868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 47015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20111130 Re: CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl module (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 77428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2011-4363](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2011-4363.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2011-4363)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 22:14 UTC.