Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-1550

Title: Gentoo Logrotate

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-1550.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Mar 30, 2011

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-1550: The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 directories for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.

Impacted Vendors

gentoo 1

logrotate_project 1

Reference Links

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-1550 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 30, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.