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CVE-2007-3919
(1) xenbaked and (2) xenmon.py in Xen 3.1 and earlier allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/xenq-shm.
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
(1) xenbaked and (2) xenmon.py in Xen 3.1 and earlier allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/xenq-shm.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | Medium6.0 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- ADV-2007-3621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 27408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1018859 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 41343 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 27486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xen-xenqshm-symlink(37403) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2708 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 26190 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27389 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447795 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-737 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 41342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2007-3903 (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-2007-3919)Record last updated .