CVE-2007-1057
The Net Direct client for Linux before 6.0.5 in Nortel Application Switch 2424, VPN 3050 and 3070, and SSL VPN Module 1000 extracts and…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Net Direct client for Linux before 6.0.5 in Nortel Application Switch 2424, VPN 3050 and 3070, and SSL VPN Module 1000 extracts and executes files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to exploit a race condition to replace a world-writable file in /tmp/NetClient and cause another user to execute arbitrary code when attempting to execute this client, as demonstrated by replacing /tmp/NetClient/client.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Nortel SSL VPN Linux Client 6.0.3 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3356local, linuxpublished 21 Feb 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 3356 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- ADV-2007-0671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/08/021886-01.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 3356 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- netdirect-permissions-privilege-escalation(32597) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=540071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://spoofed.org/blog/archive/2007/02/nortel_vpn_unix_client_local_root_compromise.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2007-1054 (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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