CVE-2007-6285

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 2007-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows local users to access "important devices" by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server, as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.0, 5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/40442
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1176.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1177.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28156
http://secunia.com/advisories/28168
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019137
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26970
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426218
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39188
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11457

Get alerted when CVE-2007-6285 or the next vulnerability affects your stack