CVE-2011-1920 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting NetBSD before version 1.6.2 and pmake 1.111. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files created in /tmp, specifically related to bsd.lib.mk and bsd.prog.mk. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (low severity), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and potential for partial integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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