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CVE-2011-3616 json

The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack…

published 2011-11-04 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3575

cvss
6.3
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 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.

Patch / fix

  • conky Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.0-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3616

  • conky openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.10.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10093-1

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-2011-3616 updated cvss 2.1

conky: arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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