CVE-2007-4462
lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file.
02 Description
lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file.
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 22.7% 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
- 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
- 2007-08-21 21:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-21
- 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
- 5e49095a5bea988dc6d640a450a49bf94fbf824b4ff82eb22238a03c64ed39bb
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com26492http://secunia.com/advisories/26492
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200709-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml
- www.securityfocus.com25402http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25402
- alioth.debian.orghttp://alioth.debian.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=1019
- secunia.com26810http://secunia.com/advisories/26810
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253541
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189440
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- po4a Fixed in 0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- po4a Fixed in 0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- po4a Fixed in 0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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