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CVE-2007-0958
Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and…
Low2.1EPSS 0.41%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and triggering a core dump, a variant of CVE-2004-1073.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- DSA-1286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 26289 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-451-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 24777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10343 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25078 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 25714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 35930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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