CVE-2007-6209
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6177)
- Published
- December 4, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6177 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- zsh / zsh
References
- http://osvdb.org/42481
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26674
- http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01060.html
- http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01065.html
- http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01066.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38812
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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