CVE-2011-1020

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lseek, read, and write system calls.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 28, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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