CVE-2007-6199

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Affected products

rsync: 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.2_1.2alpha, 2.3.2_1.2arm, 2.3.2_1.2intel, 2.3.2_1.2m68k (+26)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0
http://secunia.com/advisories/27853
http://secunia.com/advisories/27863
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
http://secunia.com/advisories/28457
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://secunia.com/advisories/61005
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15549.html
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257

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