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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-3852

Published: Aug 14, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3852
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The init script (sysstat.in) in sysstat 5.1.2 up to 7.1.6 creates /tmp/sysstat.run insecurely, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SysstatSysstat5.1.2 (including)5.1.2 (including)
SysstatSysstat5.1.3 (including)5.1.3 (including)
SysstatSysstat5.1.4 (including)5.1.4 (including)
SysstatSysstat5.1.5 (including)5.1.5 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.0 (including)6.0.0 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.2 (including)6.0.2 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.3 (including)6.0.3 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.4 (including)6.0.4 (including)
SysstatSysstat6.0.5 (including)6.0.5 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.0.0 (including)7.0.0 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.0.1 (including)7.0.1 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.0.2 (including)7.0.2 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.0.3 (including)7.0.3 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.0.4 (including)7.0.4 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.1 (including)7.1.1 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.2 (including)7.1.2 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.3 (including)7.1.3 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.4 (including)7.1.4 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.5 (including)7.1.5 (including)
SysstatSysstat7.1.6 (including)7.1.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatsysstat-0:7.0.2-11.el5*

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