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CVE-2011-4578

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-08-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2011-4578
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD Description

event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.