CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.8 | $0-$5k | 0.04 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PackageKit 0.6.17. This affects an unknown code of the component RPM Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
PackageKit 0.6.17 allows installation of unsigned RPM packages as though they were signed which may allow installation of non-trusted packages and execution of arbitrary code.
The bug was discovered 07/04/2011. The weakness was released 11/27/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2515 since 06/15/2011. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55500 (Fedora 15 : PackageKit-0.6.15-2.fc15 (2011-8943)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (55500).
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Permission assignmentCWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 55500
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : PackageKit-0.6.15-2.fc15 (2011-8943)
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OpenVAS ID: 863321
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for PackageKit FEDORA-2011-8943
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/15/2011 🔍07/01/2011 🔍
07/04/2011 🔍
07/05/2011 🔍
11/27/2019 🔍
11/28/2019 🔍
02/28/2024 🔍
Sources
Status: Not definedCVE: CVE-2011-2515 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 48557
Entry
Created: 11/28/2019 06:55Updated: 02/28/2024 16:19
Changes: 11/28/2019 06:55 (39), 11/28/2019 07:00 (27), 02/28/2024 16:19 (4)
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