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CVE-2011-1548

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-03-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2011-1548
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
0.39%
Linux Debian

Original NVD Description

The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by /var/log/postgresql/.