CVE-2011-2490
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
opielogin.c in opielogin in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by arranging for an account to already be running its maximum number of processes.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2477)
- Published
- July 27, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2477 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
- nrl / opie
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631345(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39966(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45136(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45448
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2281
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/6(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/23/5(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48390
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698772(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugzillafiles.novell.org/attachment.cgi?id=435901(Patch)
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/10082052
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/10082068
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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