CVE-2007-2838

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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 populate_conns function in src/populate_conns.c in GSAMBAD 0.1.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gsambadtmp temporary file.

Affected products

Gsambad: 0.1.4

References

http://osvdb.org/37795
http://secunia.com/advisories/25909
http://secunia.com/advisories/25914
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1327
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24717
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35401
http://osvdb.org/37795
http://secunia.com/advisories/25909
http://secunia.com/advisories/25914
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1327
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24717
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35401

Get alerted when CVE-2007-2838 or the next vulnerability affects your stack