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CVE-2011-3632

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3632 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in Hardlink versions prior to 0.1.2, affecting various Debian and Red Hat distributions. This flaw allows a local attacker to manipulate full file system object path names, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.1, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hardlink_project:hardlink:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: hardlink
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: hardlink

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3632Low

hardlink: Prone to symlink attacks

Oct 15, 2011

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2011-3632
Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2011-3632
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/10/15/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/10/20/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory