CVE-2007-0557

high

Description

rMake before 1.0.4 drops root privileges in a way that retains the original supplemental groups, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted recipe file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0536.

References

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1002

http://osvdb.org/32971

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

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