CVE-2007-0557 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0557 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-0557 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2007.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0557 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0557/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0557/index.md)
Attackers can gain privileges via crafted recipe files due to improper root privilege dropping in rMake.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-0557?
CVE-2007-0557 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2007.
Official description
rMake before 1.0.4 drops root privileges in a way that retains the original supplemental groups, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted recipe file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0536.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0557?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rmake Rmake.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0557?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0557 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-0557 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0557 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrfc-3gw2-82q2.