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CVE-2007-3852

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The init script (sysstat.in) in sysstat 5.1.2 up to 7.1.6 creates /tmp/sysstat.run insecurely, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• sysstat: 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 6.0.0, 6.0.1 (+15)

References

• http://osvdb.org/39709
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26527
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1005.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25380
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188808
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36045
• http://osvdb.org/39709
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26527
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1005.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25380
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188808
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36045

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