CVE-2007-3912

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: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.

Affected products

Debian-Goodies: 0.27, 0.33

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411
http://osvdb.org/40483
http://secunia.com/advisories/26675
http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411
http://osvdb.org/40483
http://secunia.com/advisories/26675
http://secunia.com/advisories/27079

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