HIGH
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process
Published Sep 10, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.27
- 0.33
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
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.
0.35% 0.00346
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00346
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 2, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 25.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 26.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 13.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | 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 (2)
References (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://osvdb.org/40483 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26675 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27079 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://osvdb.org/40483 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26675 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27079 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 10, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 20, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3912
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a