CVE-2007-2027 EXPLOIT
4.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 57)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.84% — more likely to be exploited than 57% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-04-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elinks | elinks |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ELinks Relative 0.10.6/011.1 - Path Arbitrary Code Execution | 2007-05-07 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
- http://osvdb.org/35668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
- http://osvdb.org/35668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
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