CVE-2007-4460

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4460
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-21 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Id3lib Id3lib 3.8.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for id3lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#438540 - libid3-3.8.3c2a: creates insecure temporary files - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
id3lib Insecure Temporary File Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1365-3 id3lib3.8.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
id3lib Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for id3lib3.8.3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
253553 – (CVE-2007-4460) CVE-2007-4460 id3lib doesn't use mkstemp() to create a name of a temporary file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for id3lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
id3lib Symlink Bug May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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