CVE-2007-0472 Race condition in n/a

Low 3.7 Published 3 Feb 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit race conditions in Smb4K to modify arbitrary files or escalate privileges via sudoers manipulation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2007-0472?

CVE-2007-0472 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple race conditions in Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users to (1) modify arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations of Smb4K's lock file, which is not properly handled by the remove_lock_file function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp, and (2) add lines to the sudoers file via a symlink attack on temporary files, which isn't properly handled by the writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0472?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Smb4k Smb4k.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0472?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-0472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0472, GHSA-85rq-5m59-vj3c.