CVE-2007-4631
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4613)
- Published
- August 31, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4613 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- qgit / qgit
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697(Patch)
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26738(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26745(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27098(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002(Patch)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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