CVE-2011-2649

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Published Aug 23, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:marcus_schafer:kiwi::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_studio_onsite:1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2632	Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.688% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00013.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2649.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49236
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701815
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69284

History

Jul 14, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00502}`	epss `{'score': 0.00585}`

Subscriptions

Marcus Schafer Kiwi

Novell Suse Studio Onsite

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 23, 2011, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:08 PM
Reserved: Jul 6, 2011, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 23, 2011, 9:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM

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