CVE-2011-1836

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1836
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-15 14:57:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionutils/ecryptfs-recover-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not establish a subdirectory with safe permissions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations during the recovery process.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.000470000 probability, percentile 0.141070000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 62 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 63 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 64 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 65 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 66 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 67 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 68 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 69 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 70 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 71 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 72 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 73 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 74 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 75 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 76 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 77 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 78 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 79 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 80 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 81 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 82 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 83 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 84 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 85 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 86 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils 87 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils All All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils 58 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils 59 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils 60 All All All
Application Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils 61 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 729465 – CVE-2011-1831 CVE-2011-1832 CVE-2011-1834 CVE-2011-1835 CVE-2011-1837 ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
eCryptfs project files : eCryptfs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:0898-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1188-1: eCryptfs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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