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CVE-2007-4631
The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.
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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% 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: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26738 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- qgit-dataloader-symlink(36503) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25618 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2007-4613 (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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