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CVE-2011-2533

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2533 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in the configure script of D-Bus (DBus) versions 1.2.x before 1.2.28, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring local access with medium attack complexity to achieve partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: dbus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: dbus

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2533Low

dbus: Possibility of symlink attack in /tmp during compilation

Jun 10, 2011

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/68173
securitytracker.com / id