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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2007-5101 json

ChironFS before 1.0 RC7 sets user/group ownership to the mounter account instead of the creator account when files are created, which allow…

published 2007-09-26 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5082

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ChironFS before 1.0 RC7 sets user/group ownership to the mounter account instead of the creator account when files are created, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • code.google.com http://code.google.com/p/chironfs/issues/detail?id=6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.