CVE-2007-0237
The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
02 Description
The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-03-19 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f7457e796c6631fb63f122d3360b40e5e887c4fc2640e1ef93d35d33f2feb10b
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-07http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-07.xml
- secunia.com28023http://secunia.com/advisories/28023
- www.securitytracker.com1017792http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017792
- www.debian.orgDSA-1269http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1269
- osvdb.org34263http://osvdb.org/34263
- secunia.com24590http://secunia.com/advisories/24590
- secunia.com24377http://secunia.com/advisories/24377
- www.securityfocus.com23026http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23026
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlookup-ndebbinary-symlink(33052)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33052
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197306
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lookup-el Fixed in 1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lookup-el Fixed in 1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lookup-el Fixed in 1.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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