CVE-2007-4460

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged.

Affected products

Id3Lib: 3.8.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438540
http://secunia.com/advisories/26536
http://secunia.com/advisories/26646
http://secunia.com/advisories/26793
http://secunia.com/advisories/26818
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1365
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:180
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25372
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018667

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