CVE-2011-4954 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cobbler and cobblerd, stemming from the insecure use of PYTHON_EGG_CACHE. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cobblerd:cobbler:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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