Vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora Core
CVE-2007-3103
The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora Core — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Linux
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/35674 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26081 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342 (vendor-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485
- secunia.com/advisories/27240 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26056 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)