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medium 4.4

CVE-2007-2027 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local user…

published 2007-04-13 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2022

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

Patch / fix

  • elinks Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.11.1-1.4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2027

  • elinks RHEL 4 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1
  • elinks RHEL 5 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1471

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-2027 updated cvss 4.4

elinks tries to load .po files from a non-absolute path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) elinks 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) elinks 0.11.1-6.el5_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 elinks 0.9.2-4.el4_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1471

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-29954)

Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29954 ELinks Relative 0.10.6/011.1 - Path Arbitrary Code Execution local, 2007-05-07
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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