CVE-2011-4578
EPSS 0.08%
Description
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
How to fix CVE-2011-4578
To remediate CVE-2011-4578, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/acpid—upgrade to 1:2.0.11-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-4578 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.0.11-1