CVE-2007-6209
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
02 Description
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.3% 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
- 2007-12-04 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-03
- 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
- 0530d1680463e4bdf99aa2e320596202d89ecd0300d979b3c59467f34e4129cc
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org42481http://osvdb.org/42481
- www.zsh.org[zsh-workers] 20071203 Re: difflog.pl and "security"http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01066.html
- www.zsh.org[zsh-workers] 20071202 difflog.pl and "security"http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01060.html
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022
- www.securityfocus.com26674http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26674
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comzsh-difflog-symlink(38812)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38812
- www.zsh.org[zsh-workers] 20071203 Re: difflog.pl and "security"http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01065.html
- secunia.com27899http://secunia.com/advisories/27899
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- zsh Fixed in 4.3.4-dev-3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- zsh Fixed in 4.3.4-dev-3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- zsh Fixed in 4.3.4-dev-3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.