VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-3912
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-264
- Affected
- debian/debian-goodies
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411Patch
- http://osvdb.org/40483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26675Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411Patch
- http://osvdb.org/40483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26675Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.