PT-2007-6291 · Gnu · Guilt

Published 2007-10-04 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-5207

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions guilt version 0.27

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a guilt.log.[PID] temporary file.

Recommendations For guilt version 0.27, consider restricting access to the temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the guilt.log.[PID] file until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5207

Affected Products

Guilt

References · 9

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445308 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5207 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36970 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/41534 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27076 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25941 · Note