CVE-2007-2797
Xterm TTY Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 27, 2007, 5:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:31 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-2797
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2007-2797.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2007-2797 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26562 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27617 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27921 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10421 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 27, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2797 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2797
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.16588
percentile