CVE-2011-2916

low-risk

Published 2019-11-15

qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.

Do I need to act?

0.06% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Qtnx

Affected Vendors

Qtnx Project

References (6)

Broken Link https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916

Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916

Broken Link https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916

Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal