5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-6061
Audacity Temporary Directory Prediction Vulnerability (Denial of Service/Privilege Escalation)
Description

Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 20, 2007, 11:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 7, 2022, 7:43 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-6061 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Audacityteam audacity
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-6061.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-6061 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 Exploit http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:audacity:audacity:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:audacityteam:audacity:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.05%

score

0.71139

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
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