4.9

CVE-2007-6283: centos

CVSS: 4.9v2.0MediumModified
Published 18-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6283 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in centos. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0300

Timeline

  1. 18-12-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat6 products
Centos1 product
Oracle1 product

3 vendors · 8 products

References

7 links