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CVE-2011-1836 json

utils/ecryptfs-recover-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not establish a subdirectory with safe permissions, which might allow local…

published 2014-02-15 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1834

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

utils/ecryptfs-recover-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not establish a subdirectory with safe permissions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations during the recovery process.

Patch / fix

  • ecryptfs-utils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 92-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1836

  • ecryptfs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 108-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1

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-2011-1836 updated cvss 1.9

ecryptfs-utils: ecryptfs-recover-private insecure permissions on the temporary mount point

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ecryptfs-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ecryptfs-utils, ecryptfs-utils-python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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