VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-2027
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be…
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.84%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- elinks/elinks
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
- http://osvdb.org/35668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25169Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25198Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25550Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
- http://osvdb.org/35668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25169Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25198Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25550Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.