CVE-2007-1716
LOW · CVSS 3.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.3% (21th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1710)
- Published
- March 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1710 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4 Update 4 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0035-2006 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 AS & Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0020-2006 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 AS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0009-2006 - archived
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://osvdb.org/37271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28319
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0465.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0737.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11483
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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