CVE-2007-4559

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

27.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2007-08-28 00:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-17 14:48Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2007-08-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

36b1e519c586dfdad28744838955a5767c9ad482054c30f796bfdac7e5f00090

• secunia.com26623http://secunia.com/advisories/26623third-party-advisory
• www.vupen.comADV-2007-3022http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022vdb-entry
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
• mail.python.org[python-dev] 20070824 tarfile and directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.htmlmailing-list
• mail.python.org[python-dev] 20070825 tarfile and directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202309-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-d1f1084584https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-ebb3c95344https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-46374d2703https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/