Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35057

Improper Privilege Management in Cobbler - CVE-2011-4954

Published: November 19, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35057

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4954

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Cobbler project

Affected software:
Cobbler

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

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