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CVE-2007-0227
slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 33465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070112 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20070110 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070110 slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070111 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070329 FLEA-2007-0005-1: slocate (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-425-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0229 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-0227)Record last updated .