slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files
Published Jan 13, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.73%
Description
slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of slocate as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01727) | 76.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.67% (0.01673) | 73.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00403) | 58.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00469) | 76.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00469) | 75.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.55% (0.00548) | 74.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00592) | 75.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00605) | 76.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00620) | 76.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00646) | 76.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00456) | 71.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 68.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://osvdb.org/33465 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0227 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0227
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0227
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33465 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0227 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0227 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0227 |
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