CVE-2007-3912

debian-goodies < 0.34 - Privilege Escalation via Shell Metacharacters in Executable Name

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/40483
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26675

Scores

EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian-goodies 0.27
debian/debian-goodies 0.33
Published Sep 10, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026