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CVE-2011-0007
pimd 2.1.5 and possibly earlier versions allows user-assisted local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1)…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
pimd 2.1.5 and possibly earlier versions allows user-assisted local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) pimd.dump when a USR1 signal is sent, or (2) pimd.cache when USR2 is sent.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- DSA-2147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 42793 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110107 CVE Request - pimd - Insecure file creation in /var/tmp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110107 Re: CVE Request - pimd - Insecure file creation in /var/tmp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- pimd-pimd-symlink(64528) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 45715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 70305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-0034 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2011-0007)Record last updated .