CVE-2007-3848

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 14 Aug 2007, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 14:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Aug 2007, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 14:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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).

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.4.35

References (42)