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CVE-2011-1551

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

SUSE openSUSE Factory assigns ownership of the /var/log/cobbler/ directory tree to the web-service user account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account during root filesystem operations by the Cobbler daemon.

Affected products

• Novell Opensuse Factory: all versions

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66487
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66487

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