CVE-2011-1786

lsassd in Likewise Open /Enterprise 5.3 before build 7845, Open 6.0 before build 8325, and Enterprise 6.0 before build 178, as distributed in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an Active Directory login attempt that provides a username containing an invalid byte sequence.

Published: 2011-05-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1786 is rated Moderate Risk (49/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.77%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1786

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 2025-03-30 3.40% 2.77% -0.63%
2 2025-03-29 2.77% 3.40% +0.63%
3 2025-03-17 2.77%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1786

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1786

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1786

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
likewise likewise_open 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:likewise:likewise_open:5.3:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
likewise likewise_open 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:likewise:likewise_open:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
likewise likewise_open 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:likewise:likewise_open:6.0:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1786

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