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CVE-2007-6209
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% 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 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 42481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [zsh-workers] 20071203 Re: difflog.pl and "security" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zsh-workers] 20071202 difflog.pl and "security" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201022 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- zsh-difflog-symlink(38812) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [zsh-workers] 20071203 Re: difflog.pl and "security" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 27899 (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-2007-6177 (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-2007-6209)Record last updated .