CVE-2011-1496
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (61th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1499)
- Published
- April 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1499 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nicholas marriott / tmux
- nicholas marriott / tmux
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44081(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44239(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66693
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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