Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1595 is rated Exploit Available (51/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-05-28 | 0.13% | 0.30% | +0.17% |
| 2 | 2025-04-03 | 0.23% | 0.13% | -0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.23% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.2 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2011-1595 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rdesktop), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1595 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2011-1595: 1 GLSA(s) (201210-03), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/rdesktop); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-1595 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1595 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2011-1595 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rdesktop), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): released 4, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1595 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rdesktop | rdesktop | <= 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rdesktop | rdesktop | 1.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |