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CVE-2007-1716

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.4

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
• http://osvdb.org/37271
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25631
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27590
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28319
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0465.html

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