CVE-2011-3618

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
atop	atop	through 1.26

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 12, 2019
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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