CVE-2007-5958
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5928)
- Published
- January 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5928 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x.org / xserver
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103205-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-230901-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1466
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:023
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:025
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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