CVE-2007-2027
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.87%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 41% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ELinks Relative 0.10.6/011.1 - Path Arbitrary Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29954local, linuxpublished 7 May 2007Verified
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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 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.87% · top 41% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 25550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2007-0017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- USN-457-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 25198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1686 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 23844 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200706-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2007-2022 (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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