CVE-2011-4182
shell code injection via ESSID because of missing escaping of a variable
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
shell code injection via ESSID because of missing escaping of a variable
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.
- Record
CVE-2011-4182- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-4125
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.
- Record
EUVD-2011-4125- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2w7f-37f7-67q3
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers...
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.
- Record
GHSA-2w7f-37f7-67q3- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. Affected releases are sysconfig prior to 0.83.7-2.1.
- Record
CVE-2011-4182- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10310-1 No score
sysconfig-0.84.0-2.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the sysconfig-0.84.0-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10310-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-4182 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Opensuse Sysconfig, published June 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.76%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.