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CVE-2007-5360
Buffer overflow in OpenPegasus Management server, when compiled to use PAM and with PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined, as used in…
High7.5EPSS 15.3%
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Description
Buffer overflow in OpenPegasus Management server, when compiled to use PAM and with PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined, as used in VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to PAM authentication, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0003.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.3% · top 3.2% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (17)
- 3538 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- openpegasus-pam-bo(39524) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29986 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBMA02331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5360 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080108 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080115 vuldb confusion between OpenPegasus issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0063 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 28368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080123 UPDATED VMSA-2008-0001.1 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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