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CVE-2007-1716
pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one…
- 3.4LowCVSS base score
- 0.31%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 76% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Low3.4 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% 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: Low 3.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- 28319 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0555 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0737 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 26909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 27590 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2007-1710 (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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