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CVE-2007-0473

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Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/24469

http://secunia.com/advisories/24111

http://secunia.com/advisories/23984

http://secunia.com/advisories/23937

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-02-03

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00054

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