CVE-2011-2649

Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

Published: 2011-08-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2649 is rated Moderate Risk (57.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.69%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.25% 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-2011-2649

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 0.43% 1.69% +1.25%
2 2025-09-27 0.58% 0.43% -0.15%
3 2025-07-14 0.58%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2649

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2649

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2649

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
marcus_schafer kiwi <= 3.74.1 cpe:2.3:a:marcus_schafer:kiwi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_studio_onsite 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_studio_onsite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2649

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