CVE-2007-4462

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Published Aug 21, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:po4a:po4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4445	lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.302% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://alioth.debian.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=1019
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189440
http://secunia.com/advisories/26492
http://secunia.com/advisories/26810
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25402
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253541

History

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 21, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 21, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 21, 2007, 9:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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