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CVE-2011-4182

shell code injection via ESSID because of missing escaping of a variable

Description

Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microfocus

  2. · 7 years later

    Published

  3. · 6 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2011-4182, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
microfocusCNA (assigner)3.0High7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.8% · top 22% 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: High 7.3.

Affected products

References

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Sources

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