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CVE-2011-2490
opielogin.c in opielogin in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local…
High7.2EPSS 0.53%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
opielogin.c in opielogin in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by arranging for an account to already be running its maximum number of processes.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 42 days later
· 42 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% 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: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- [oss-security] 20110623 Re: CVE requests: opie off by one and setuid() failure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110622 CVE requests: opie off by one and setuid() failure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0848 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698772 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2281 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 39966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:0849 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631345 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48390 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzillafiles.novell.org/attachment.cgi?id=435901 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2011-2477 (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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