CVE-2007-3717

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2007-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rcp on Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20070710 does not properly call certain helper applications, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating files with certain names, possibly containing shell metacharacters or spaces, a similar issue to CVE-2006-0225.

Affected products

Sunos: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10

References

http://osvdb.org/36611
http://secunia.com/advisories/26024
http://secunia.com/advisories/26210
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102978-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-319.htm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2494
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35334
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1772
http://osvdb.org/36611
http://secunia.com/advisories/26024
http://secunia.com/advisories/26210
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102978-1

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