CVE-2007-5714 — The Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey before 2.9.0-r3 has a p2p user account with an empty default password and valid login shell, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access and execute arbitrary code

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The Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey before 2.9.0-r3 has a p2p user account with an empty default password and valid login shell, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access and execute arbitrary code

Published Oct 30, 2007

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.80%

Description

The Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey before 2.9.0-r3 has a p2p user account with an empty default password and valid login shell, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access and execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.80% 0.01801

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

EPSS probability 0.01801

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 (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.80% (0.01801)	77.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.80% (0.01801)	75.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.24% (0.01239)	77.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.52% (0.01522)	87.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.67% (0.00669)	79.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.64% (0.00642)	78.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.60% (0.00604)	78.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.61% (0.00614)	78.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 30, 2023	1.50% (0.01496)	85.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.41% (0.01411)	84.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.68% (0.04679)	89.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	88.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	74.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (2)

http://secunia.com/advisories/27366
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-25.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27366		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-25.xml		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 30, 2007

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Oct 30, 2007

Link CVE-2007-5714

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-5714

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-5714