VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-3531
The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.6EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gentoo/nvclock
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071
- http://osvdb.org/38573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26200Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26208Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25052
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35584
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071
- http://osvdb.org/38573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26200Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26208Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25052
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35584
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.