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CVE-2011-1031

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1031 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in feh 1.11.2 and earlier, specifically within the feh_unique_filename function. An attacker could exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, leading to unauthorized file creation via a /tmp/feh_ temporary file. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
derf.homelinux.org / git/feh/commit
Patch
derf.homelinux.org / git/feh/commit
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/43221
Vendor Advisory
github.com / derf/feh/issues
Patch