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CVE-2007-0473

Date: February 3, 2007

The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (/etc/sudoers contents) by reading this file.

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (17)

Url: http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=9630&group_id=769

Url: http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11902

Url: http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11706

Url: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/smb4k-announce/2006-December/000037.html

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-09.xml

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22299

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23937

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-0473

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0393

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0473

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23984

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24469

Url: http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=9777

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:042

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24111

Url: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-0473

Severity Score

2.9

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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