CVE-2011-1136
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
4.7
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.5%
38.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-59
Published 2019-11-14 · modified 2026-09-14
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2019-11-14 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-14 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In 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.
Affected
References
- exploit https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612032
- exploit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/607297
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1136
- exploit https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612032
- exploit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/607297
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1136