National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3912
Original release date:09/10/2007
Last revised:02/05/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 25569
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26675
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 40483
External Source: XF
Name: debian-checkrestart-privilege-escalation(36475)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-526-1
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1527
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27079