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CVE-2011-0012 json

The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a syml…

published 2011-04-18 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0039

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the usbrdrctl log file, which has a predictable name.

Patch / fix

  • spice-xpi RHEL 6 2.4-1.el6_0.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0426

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0012 updated cvss 2.1

spice-xpi: symlink attack on usbrdrctl log file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) spice-xpi 2.4-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) spice-xpi 2.4-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) spice-xpi 2.4-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) spice-xpi 2.4-1.el6_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0426

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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