Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.
CVE-2011-1595
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 4.3 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 1.1% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 4.3MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 4.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 24(Track)EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 64%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 24, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (30)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061170.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061309.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061316.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rdesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rdesktop?view=revision&revision=1626
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/44881
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51023
- secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-03.xml
- secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1025525
- secalert@redhathttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27376554
- secalert@redhathttp://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/files/rdesktop/1.7.0/rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz/download
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:102
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47419
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1136-1
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676252
- secalert@redhathttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0506.html
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | rdesktop (1.6.0-2ubuntu3.1) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rdesktop-0:1.6.0-8.el6_0.1 | 2011-05-11 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| rdesktop | — | 1.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| rdesktop | — | 1.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| rdesktop | — | 1.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| rdesktop | — | 1.7.0-1 | — |
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