CVE-2007-4129
CoolKey 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp/.pk11ipc1/ directory.
02 Description
CoolKey 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp/.pk11ipc1/ directory.
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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.6% 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
- 2007-11-08 11:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1c0d29b99a8638320f1ffbf774fa7e16feaac2d832ed6281e971e30e71c00f0a
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcoolkey-pk11ipc1-symlink(38330)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38330
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0631http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0631.html
- osvdb.org40435http://osvdb.org/40435
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11413https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11413
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251774
- secunia.com27591http://secunia.com/advisories/27591
- www.securityfocus.com26369http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26369
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- coolkey Fixed in 1.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- coolkey Fixed in 1.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- coolkey Fixed in 1.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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