Is CVE-2011-1738 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1738 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1738?

CVE-2011-1738 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2011-1738

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

HP Palm webOS 1.4.5 and 1.4.5.1 does not properly restrict Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) applications, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended filesystem write access.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.5% (42th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-1737)
Published: May 13, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1737 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

hp / palm webos
hp / palm webos

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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