CVE-2007-0166

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Published Jan 11, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0170	The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.415% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/32726
http://secunia.com/advisories/23730
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017505
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22011

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published: Jan 11, 2007, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:12 PM
Reserved: Jan 9, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 11, 2007, 8:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

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