CVE-2007-3912
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3896)
- Published
- September 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3896 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian-goodies
- debian / debian-goodies
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/40483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26675(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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