CVE-2007-5495
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (23th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5470)
- Published
- May 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5470 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- selinux / setroubleshoot
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30339
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020077
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0061.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29320
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=288221
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42591
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9705
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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