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CVE-2007-0237
The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- GLSA-200712-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1269 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 34263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24590 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23026 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- lookup-ndebbinary-symlink(33052) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2007-0239 (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-2007-0237)Record last updated .