CVE-2007-1507
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
The default configuration in OpenAFS 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 supports setuid programs within the local cell, which might allow attackers to gain privileges by spoofing a response to an AFS cache manager FetchStatus request, and setting setuid and root ownership for files in the cache.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1501)
- Published
- March 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1501 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openafs / openafs
- openafs / openafs
- openafs / openafs
- openafs / openafs
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- openafs / openafs
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24582(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24599(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24607(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24720
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-03.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1271(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:066
- http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2007/000185.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2007/000186.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2007/000187.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017807
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1033(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33180
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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