MEDIUM
Plash permits sandboxed processes to open /dev/tty, which allows local users to escape sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by sending characters to a shell process on the same termimal via the TIOCSTI ioctl
Published Mar 10, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
Plash permits sandboxed processes to open /dev/tty, which allows local users to escape sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by sending characters to a shell process on the same termimal via the TIOCSTI ioctl.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00342
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00342
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/plash/2007-03/msg00000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://plash.beasts.org/wiki/PlashIssues/TtyVulnerability x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24498 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.osvdb.org/32598 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22892 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0909 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/plash/2007-03/msg00000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://plash.beasts.org/wiki/PlashIssues/TtyVulnerability | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24498 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/32598 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22892 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0909 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 10, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 10, 2007
Link CVE-2007-1400
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a