CVE-2011-4099

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4099
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-08 00:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe capsh program in libcap before 2.22 does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specified, which allows local users to bypass the chroot restrictions via unspecified vectors.

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: 0.000550000 probability, percentile 0.169240000 (date 2026-05-04)

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 Libcap Libcap 2.00 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.01 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.02 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.03 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.04 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.05 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.06 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.07 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.08 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.09 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.10 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.11 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.12 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.13 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.14 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.15 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.16 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.17 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.18 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.19 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap 2.20 All All All
Application Libcap Libcap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
722694 – (CVE-2011-4099) CVE-2011-4099 capsh: does not chdir after chroot af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Fully Capable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sites.google.com
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