LOW
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file
Published Dec 15, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge 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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00434
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00434
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 | 0.43% (0.00434) | 35.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00434) | 34.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 19.63th | 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 (1)
References (8)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://osvdb.org/42636 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://osvdb.org/42636 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28094 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 15, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 5, 2007
Link CVE-2007-6249
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a