Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 1.1a, 1.2, 1.4
- Gentoo Nvclock
References
- secunia.com/advisories/26200 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26208 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/38573 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25052 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35584 (vdb-entry)