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CVE-2007-3103

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
15/07/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.20
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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