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CVE-2011-2504 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in x11perfcomp in XFree86 x11perf before 1.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified Tr…

published 2013-03-08 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2491

cvss
6.9
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 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in x11perfcomp in XFree86 x11perf before 1.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified Trojan horse code in the current working directory.

Patch / fix

  • x11-apps Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7.7~1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2504

  • xorg-x11-apps RHEL 6 7.6-6.el6
  • xorg-x11-utils RHEL 6 7.5-6.el6
  • xorg-x11-server-utils RHEL 6 7.5-13.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0502

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-2011-2504 updated cvss 3.5

x11perfcomp has dot in its path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 xorg-x11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-apps
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) xorg-x11-apps 7.6-6.el6, xorg-x11-utils 7.5-6.el6, xorg-x11-server-utils 7.5-13.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) xorg-x11-server-utils 7.5-13.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) xorg-x11-utils 7.5-6.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) xorg-x11-apps 7.6-6.el6, xorg-x11-utils 7.5-6.el6, xorg-x11-server-utils 7.5-13.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) xorg-x11-apps 7.6-6.el6, xorg-x11-utils 7.5-6.el6, xorg-x11-server-utils 7.5-13.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0502

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

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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