Vulnerability in Id3lib
CVE-2007-4460
The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.006 (44.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Id3lib — versions 3.8.3
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/26646 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26818 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/26536 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26987 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25372 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml (vendor-advisory)