CVE-2011-4125

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
A untrusted search path issue was found in Calibre at devices/linux_mount_helper.c leading to the ability of unprivileged users to execute any program as root.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-4125
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-10-27T01:15:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-01T15:47:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lwn.net/Articles/464824/ Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://git.zx2c4.com/calibre-mount-helper-exploit/about/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4125
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4125
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:49:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 13:18:30 2021-10-27T01:15Z 2021-10-27T01:15:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 13:18:30 2021-11-01T15:47:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 13:18:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated