CVE-2011-4089 in bzip2

Summary

The bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier generates compressed executables that do not properly handle temporary files during extraction, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by precreating a temporary directory.

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• Reservation: 10/18/2011
• Disclosure: 04/16/2014
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-69371
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00152
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4089
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4089
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-4089/