CVE-2007-2063 — SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS before 5.4.0 uses insecure world-writable permissions for (1) the server pid file, which allows local users to cause arbitrary processes to be stopped, or (2) when _BPX_BATCH_UMASK is missing from the environment, creates HFS files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify these files and have other unknown impact

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SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS before 5.4.0 uses insecure world-writable permissions for (1) the server pid file, which allows local users to cause arbitrary processes to be stopped, or (2) when _BPX_BATCH_UMASK is missing from the environment, creates HFS files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify these files and have other unknown impact

Published Apr 18, 2007

4.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.30%

Description

SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS before 5.4.0 uses insecure world-writable permissions for (1) the server pid file, which allows local users to cause arbitrary processes to be stopped, or (2) when _BPX_BATCH_UMASK is missing from the environment, creates HFS files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or modify these files and have other unknown impact.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00302

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00302

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	0.30% (0.00302)	20.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00302)	21.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00052)	13.36th	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	1.10% (0.01104)	54.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.10% (0.01104)	52.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.10% (0.01104)	50.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.10% (0.01104)	28.85th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (8)

http://osvdb.org/34998
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/24916
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017913
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/35014
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23508
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ssh.com/documents/33/SSH_Tectia_Server_5.4.0_zOS_releasenotes.txt
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1414
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33699
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/34998		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/24916		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017913		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/35014		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23508		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ssh.com/documents/33/SSH_Tectia_Server_5.4.0_zOS_releasenotes.txt		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1414		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33699		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 17, 2007

Link CVE-2007-2063

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-2063

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-2063