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medium 6.9

CVE-2007-5964 json

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for t…

published 2007-12-13 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5934

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Patch / fix

  • autofs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.4-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5964

  • autofs5 RHEL 4 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1
  • autofs RHEL 5 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:1129RHSA-2007:1128

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-2007-5964 updated

autofs defaults don't restrict suid in /net

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) autofs 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1128
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 autofs5 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) autofs 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1128
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 autofs5 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 autofs5 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 autofs5 5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1129

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Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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