01 Record
CVE-2007-1716
pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain
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
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.7% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2007-03-27 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-03-27
- 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
- df69ae9649eecc96a4395714f5a47181d44ea72416c59912af6eac82bb75c6ba
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com28319http://secunia.com/advisories/28319
- lists.grok.org.uk20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Playerhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- secunia.com25894http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3229http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11483
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0555http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0465http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0465.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0737http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0737.html
- secunia.com26909http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- secunia.com27706http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- osvdb.org37271http://osvdb.org/37271
- secunia.com27590http://secunia.com/advisories/27590
- patches.sgi.com20070602-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
- secunia.com25631http://secunia.com/advisories/25631