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CVE-2011-0461

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0461 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability affecting SUSE openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3. An attacker can exploit a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab within the /etc/init.d/boot.localfs script to overwrite arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3, indicating medium severity with local access and medium attack complexity, leading to complete integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 15th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

susevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com / 665479
support.novell.com / security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html