CVE-2007-4131: gnu tar

EPSS trend

Probability

2.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

2.74%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

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www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/26673Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/26822Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
secunia.com/advisories/26655Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/27453Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA

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secunia.com/advisories/28136Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/26781Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921X Refsource MISC
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
secunia.com/advisories/26590Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
secunia.com/advisories/27861Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631X Refsource CONFIRM
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.ascVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FREEBSD
secunia.com/advisories/26984Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource TRUSTIX
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLE
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
secunia.com/advisories/26604Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
secunia.com/advisories/28255Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/26573Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATPatch
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/26603Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417VDB EntryX Refsource BID
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/26674Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0860Advisory
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251921REPORT
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2007/rhsa-2007_0860.jsonAdvisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4131REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4131Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4131Advisory

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CVE-2007-4131: gnu tar

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