CVE-2011-2533

The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp/.

Published: 2011-06-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-2533 is rated Low Risk (14.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2533

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 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
2 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2533

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2533

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2533

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2011-2533 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2533
gentoo normal CVE-2011-2533: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-14), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/dbus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-2533
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2533
ubuntu negligible CVE-2011-2533 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2533

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2533

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop dbus 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.22 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.24 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus 1.2.26 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2533

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