CVE-2011-4954
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
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
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
- Record
CVE-2011-4954- 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
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
- Record
CVE-2011-4954- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-4861 No score
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
- Record
EUVD-2011-4861- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gpw3-rh6p-7pp4 No score
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
- Record
GHSA-gpw3-rh6p-7pp4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-4954 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cobbler, published November 19, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4954
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4954
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/12/10
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4954
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpw3-rh6p-7pp4