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CVE-2007-4998

CVE-2007-4998 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

EPSS 0.09% · 25.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.09%
25.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel
n/an/an/a

Timeline

  • Jan 31, 2008 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 1, 2022 CVE Updated
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 17, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • Apr 1, 2023 EPSS Score
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