LOW
lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file
Published Aug 21, 2007
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
Description
lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file.
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.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
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) | 20.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 21.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 17.78th | 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 | 1.03% (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 (7)
- http://alioth.debian.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=1019 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189440 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26492 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26810 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25402 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253541 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://alioth.debian.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=1019 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189440 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26492 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26810 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25402 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253541 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 21, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4462
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a