CVE-2007-2837

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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: 2007-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) getRule and (2) getChains functions in server/rules.cpp in fireflierd (fireflier-server) in FireFlier 1.1.6 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/fireflier.rules temporary file.

Affected products

Fireflier: 1.1.6

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431332
http://osvdb.org/37803
http://secunia.com/advisories/25900
http://secunia.com/advisories/25913
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24718
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35226
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431332
http://osvdb.org/37803
http://secunia.com/advisories/25900
http://secunia.com/advisories/25913
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1326

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