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CVE-2007-6199
rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files…
High9.3EPSS 4.1%
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- mitre
Description
rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.1% 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 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- 28412 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15549.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4057 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080212 FLEA-2008-0004-1 rsync (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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