Is CVE-2007-5191 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5191 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5191?

CVE-2007-5191 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-5191

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.

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-252
EPSS score: 0.4% (38th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5172)
Published: October 4, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5172 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
kernel / util-linux
loop-aes-utils project / loop-aes-utils

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198(Third Party Advisory)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27104(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27122(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27145(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27188(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27283(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27354(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27687(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28348(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28349(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28368(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28469(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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