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CVE-2007-2797
xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices,…
Low2.1EPSS 0.40%
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- redhat
Description
xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 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 (13)
- 27921 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070823 FLEA-2007-0048-1 xterm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070823 rPSA-2007-0169-1 xterm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0701 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27617 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10421 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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