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CVE-2011-1496

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Description

tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66693

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1499

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212

http://secunia.com/advisories/44239

http://secunia.com/advisories/44081

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-04-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00952

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