CVE-2007-4631

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2007-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.

Affected products

Qgit: 1.5.6_2pre1

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml
http://secunia.com/advisories/26738
http://secunia.com/advisories/26745
http://secunia.com/advisories/27098
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503

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