CVE-2011-1018
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 18.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 18.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1035)
- Published
- February 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1035 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- logwatch / logwatch
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(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43495(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2182
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/13(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/15(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0324.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46554
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025165
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1078-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0533
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0581
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0596
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680237(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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