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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2007-5495 json

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

published 2008-05-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5470

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Patch / fix

  • setroubleshoot RHEL 5 2.0.5-3.el5
  • setroubleshoot-server RHEL 5 2.0.5-3.el5
  • setroubleshoot-plugins RHEL 5 2.0.4-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0061

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-2007-5495 updated

setroubleshoot insecure logging

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) setroubleshoot 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-server 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-plugins 2.0.4-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) setroubleshoot 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-server 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-plugins 2.0.4-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0061

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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