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CVE-2011-2729

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2729 describes a vulnerability in the jsvc component of Apache Commons Daemon, affecting Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.32-5.5.33, 6.0.30-6.0.32, and 7.0.x before 7.0.20 on Linux. The flaw allows remote attackers to bypass read permissions for files due to jsvc failing to properly drop capabilities. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0724 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.0.5-1.5.patch01.ep5.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2729Important

jakarta-commons-daemon: jsvc does not drop capabilities allowing access to files and directories owned by the superuser

Aug 12, 2011

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00024.html
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/commons-dev/201108.mbox/%3C4E451B2B.9090108%40apache.org%3E
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201108.mbox/%3C4E45221D.1020306%40apache.org%3E
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
people.apache.org / ~markt/patches/2011-08-12-cve2011-2729-tc5.patch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/46030
secunia.com / advisories/57126
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/69161
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/DAEMON-214
lists.apache.org / thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14743
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19450
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1291.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1292.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/519263/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/49143