Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU41798

Link following in kbd and Opensuse - CVE-2011-0460

Published: April 16, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41798

CSH Severity: High

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0460

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: kbd-project.org
SUSE

Affected software:
kbd
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

The init script in kbd, possibly 1.14.1 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/defkeymap.map.

Install update from vendor's website.