CVE-2011-4355

GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.

Published: 2013-03-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-4355 is rated Low Risk (37.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4355

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 0.16% 0.36% +0.20%
2 2025-07-12 0.04% 0.16% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4355

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4355

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4355

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2011-4355 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gdb), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4355
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4355
ubuntu low CVE-2011-4355 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gdb), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4355

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4355

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu gdb <= 7.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 4.18 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.0.92 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.0.93 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gdb 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4355

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