CVE-2011-0717

Session fixation vulnerability in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite Server 5.4 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to Spacewalk.

Published: 2011-02-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0717 is rated Moderate Risk (52/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.02%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.42% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0717

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.60% 2.02% +1.42%
2 2026-02-03 0.52% 0.60% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 0.52%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0717

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-0717

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-0717

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0717

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2011-0717

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html 'CWE-384: Session Fixation'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat network_satellite_server 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0717

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