{"id":"CVE-2011-1136","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"tesseract-ocr","product":"tesseract_ocr","affected":["tesseract_ocr = 2.03","tesseract_ocr = 2.04","debian_linux = 8.0","debian_linux = 9.0","debian_linux = 10.0"],"published":"2019-11-14","updated":"2026-09-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-14T14:10:44.773","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1136","references":[{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612032","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/607297","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1136","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612032","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/607297","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1136","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00451,"epssPercentile":0.3844,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T14:19:48.712Z","slug":"CVE-2011-1136","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `tesseract_ocr = 2.03`\n- `tesseract_ocr = 2.04`\n- `debian_linux = 8.0`\n- `debian_linux = 9.0`\n- `debian_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}