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CVE-2011-1920
The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files…
Low3.3EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_depend##### temporary file, related to (1) bsd.lib.mk and (2) bsd.prog.mk.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 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)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (8 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.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626673 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 47878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110516 CVE Request -- pmake -- Use of insecure temporary file for 'depend' target (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110516 Re: CVE Request -- pmake -- Use of insecure temporary file for 'depend' target (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705100 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705090 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk.diff?r1=1.239&r2=1.240&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk.diff?r1=1.192&r2=1.193&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pmake-depend-symlink(67495) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- 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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