CVE-2011-1136

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1136
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-14 01:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-09-14 14:10:44 UTC
DescriptionIn tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.004510000 probability, percentile 0.380670000 (date 2026-09-14)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary6.3AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Tesseract-ocr Tesseract Ocr 2.03 All All All
Application Tesseract-ocr Tesseract Ocr 2.04 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #607297 “vulnerability: rewrite arbitrary user file” : Bugs : tesseract package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-1136 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
#612032 - vulnerability: rewrite arbitrary user file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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