CVE-2011-3618
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
CVE-2011-3618- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
CVE-2011-3618- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-3577 No score
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
EUVD-2011-3577- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95pq-v592-p42v No score
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
GHSA-95pq-v592-p42v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
CVE-2011-3618- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-3618
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3618- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-3618 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Atop, published November 12, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in atop 1.23-1.1.