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CVE-2007-3531
The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.29%
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- mitre
Description
The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 26200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26208 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200707-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- nvclock-setdefaultspeeds-symlink(35584) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
Record last updated .