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CVE-2011-0441

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.3)—
Severity6.3Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.34 %higher than 26% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The Debian GNU/Linux /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/.

CVSS

Base score
6.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.34 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
26
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

PHP — PHP

CWEs

References

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