CVE-2011-3124

high

Published 2011-08-10 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 on Unix and Linux, as used in IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 and other products, assigns incorrect ownership to unspecified files, which allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	infosphere_datastage	`8.5`
ibm	infosphere_datastage	`8.5.0.1`
ibm	infosphere_information_server	`8.5`
ibm	infosphere_information_server	`8.5.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.