Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2007-3532
NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify video card settings, cause a denial of service (crash or physical video card damage), and obtain sensitive information.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-14.xml (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/40177 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25360 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25363 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26497 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)