CVE-2007-5686

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

initscripts in rPath Linux 1 sets insecure permissions for the /var/log/btmp file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information regarding authentication attempts. NOTE: because sshd detects the insecure permissions and does not log certain events, this also prevents sshd from logging failed authentication attempts by remote attackers.

Affected products

Rpath Linux: 1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27215
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482129/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482857/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3474
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1825
http://secunia.com/advisories/27215
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482129/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482857/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3474
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1825

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