CVE-2007-3848 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending arbitrary signals to high-privilege child processes via parent death signal 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-2007-3848?
CVE-2007-3848 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3848?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3848?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2007-3848 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3848 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jwgr-wg75-437r.