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CVE-2011-4954
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
High7.8EPSS 0.34%
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- redhat
Description
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Local privilege escalation due use of insecure (world writable) location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE cache
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/12/10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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