CVE-2011-3589 describes a vulnerability in the Red Hat mkdumprd script within kexec-tools, affecting versions before 1.102pre-154 and 2.0.0-209 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw grants world-readable permissions to vmcore files, enabling local users to access sensitive data, such as root SSH keys, by inspecting these files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.7, indicating a medium severity with an adjacent network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.102pre-126CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kexec-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0.0-188CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kexec-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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