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CVE-2007-3848
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 27 days later
· 27 days 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 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% 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 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
42
- SUSE-SA:2008:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 25387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26664 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070814 COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process DeathSignal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1648 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28806 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27322 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070816 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26651 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0939 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-510-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1356 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-509-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 33280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070814 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070814 COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-1503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26500 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [openwall-announce] 20070814 Linux 2.4.35-ow2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 26450 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-508-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20070815 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29570 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2007-3832 (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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