PT-2007-7098 · Zsh · Zsh

Pierre-Yves Rofes · Published 2007-12-04 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-6209

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions zsh version 4.3.4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by Util/difflog.pl in zsh.

Recommendations For zsh version 4.3.4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict access to the Util/difflog.pl script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6209

Affected Products

Zsh

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6209 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6209 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27899 · Note
• http://zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01060.html · Note
• http://zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01066.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38812 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/42481 · Note
• http://zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01065.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26674 · Note