CVE-2011-2185 in Fabric

Summary

Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 05/31/2011
• Disclosure: 07/26/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-58091
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00032
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2185
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-2185/