CVE-2011-1548

MediumCVSS 6.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by /var/log/postgresql/.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 30, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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