CVE-2007-6209

medium

Description

Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38812

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022

http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01066.html

http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01065.html

http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2007/msg01060.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26674

http://secunia.com/advisories/27899

http://osvdb.org/42481

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00067