CVE-2011-4115

Parallel::ForkManager module before 1.0.0 for Perl does not properly handle temporary files.

Published: 2020-01-31 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4115 is rated Moderate Risk (57.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.69%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.45% 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-2011-4115

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 0.24% 1.69% +1.45%
2 2026-04-23 0.39% 0.24% -0.15%
3 2025-03-30 0.39%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4115

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
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-2011-4115

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4115

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2011-4115 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libparallel-forkmanager-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4115
gentoo normal CVE-2011-4115: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-11), 1 atom(s) (dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-4115
ubuntu low CVE-2011-4115 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libparallel-forkmanager-perl), 34 status rows across 34 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, maverick, natty, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 26, needed 7, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4115

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4115

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cpan parallel::forkmanager < 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cpan:parallel\:\:forkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4115

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68298 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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