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Vulnerability details: VCID-569v-spq6-dbhv
Vulnerability ID VCID-569v-spq6-dbhv
Aliases CVE-2011-4089
Summary The bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier generates compressed executables that do not properly handle temporary files during extraction, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by precreating a temporary directory.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
epss 0.00152 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-4089.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4089
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4089
632862 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632862
CVE-2011-4089;OSVDB-77356 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/18147.c
USN-1308-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1308-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Nov. 27, 2011
Description bzexe (bzip2) - Race Condition
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Nov. 23, 2011
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date Nov. 27, 2011
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.35722
EPSS Score 0.00152
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:01:19.809897+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-4089.json 38.0.0