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CVE-2011-1154

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1154 describes a vulnerability in the shred_file function of logrotate versions 3.7.9 and earlier, affecting products like Gentoo logrotate. This flaw allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into log filenames, particularly those automatically generated from hostnames or virtual machine names. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.5.9:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 62nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

fedorapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: logrotate-0:3.7.8-12.el6_0.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1154Moderate

logrotate: Shell command injection by using the shred configuration directive

Feb 13, 2011

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/43955
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0791
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0872
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0961