CVE-2007-6209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Zsh	Zsh

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/42481
http://secunia.com/advisories/27899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26674
http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01060.html
http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01065.html
http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01066.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38812
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6209

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6209

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6209 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6209

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:27.073Z

Reserved: 2007-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6209

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-04T00:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6209

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-12-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6209 - Bugzilla

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