CVE-2011-1018

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

logwatch.pl in Logwatch 7.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log file name, as demonstrated via a crafted username to a Samba server.

Affected products

Logwatch: 7.3.6

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055579.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055585.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055617.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://logwatch.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl?r1=3&r2=26&pathrev=26
http://secunia.com/advisories/43356
http://secunia.com/advisories/43495
http://secunia.com/advisories/43622
http://secunia.com/advisories/43644
http://secunia.com/advisories/43734
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4D604843.7040303%40mblmail.net&forum_name=logwatch-devel
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3184223&group_id=312875&atid=1316824

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