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CVE-2011-0402
dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files in the .pc directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 42831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- dpkg-dpkgsource-symlink(64614) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 42826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-1038-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 70367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 45703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 43054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2011-0428 (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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