CVE-2011-1920
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_depend##### temporary file, related to (1) bsd.lib.mk and (2) bsd.prog.mk.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1918)
- Published
- May 23, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1918 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ihji / pmake
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- netbsd / netbsd
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626673(Exploit, Patch)
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk.diff?r1=1.239&r2=1.240&f=h(Patch)
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk.diff?r1=1.192&r2=1.193&f=h(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/2(Exploit, Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/8(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47878
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705090(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705100(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67495
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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