CVE-2011-3602

Directory traversal vulnerability in device-linux.c in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and remote attackers to overwrite certain files, via a .. (dot dot) in an interface name. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a symlink to overwrite arbitrary files.

Published: 2014-04-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3602 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.77%). EPSS rose +2.54% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3602

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 0.23% 2.77% +2.54%
2 2026-04-13 0.37% 0.23% -0.14%
3 2025-11-02 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3602

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3602

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3602

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-3602 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (radvd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3602
gentoo high CVE-2011-3602: 1 GLSA(s) (201111-08), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/radvd); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-3602
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3602
suse medium CVE-2011-3602 severity moderate: SUSE including 8 source package names (radvd-1.1-1.24.4.1, radvd-1.1-1.24.8.19, …), 25 product×package rows across 25 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (25 product lines)): Fixed 25. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3602/
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-3602 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (radvd), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3602

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3602

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
litech router_advertisement_daemon <= 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:litech:router_advertisement_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3602

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