CVE-2011-1837 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the lock-counter implementation of ecryptfs-utils, specifically affecting versions prior to 90. An attacker could exploit this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 89CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
65CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:65:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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