CVE-2007-3912
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
02 Description
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.8% 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
- 2007-09-10 17:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfcefcf807fbf6cfecf5a32d6f4f52476621806ffbd4dc63df87e16b76837e31
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdebian-checkrestart-privilege-escalation(36475)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
- secunia.com27079http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
- www.debian.orgDSA-1527http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-526-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
- www.securityfocus.com25569http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
- osvdb.org40483http://osvdb.org/40483
- secunia.com26675http://secunia.com/advisories/26675
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- debian-goodies Fixed in 0.34
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- debian-goodies Fixed in 0.34
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- debian-goodies Fixed in 0.34
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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