CVE-2007-5194

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5194
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-04 17:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Chroot server in rMake 1.0.11 creates a /dev/zero device file with read/write permissions for the rMake user and the same minor device number as /dev/port, which might allow local users to gain root privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpath Rmake 1.0.11 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rPath rMake Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath rMake Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
194550 – app-admin/rmake <1.0.12 local priv escalation issue (CVE-2007-5194) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RMK-634 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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