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CVE-2011-2185

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.4)—

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/.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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)

Fabfile — Fabric

CWEs

References

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          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
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