Is CVE-2007-5191 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-5191 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-5191?

CVE-2007-5191 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-5191?

CVE-2007-5191 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (36th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5191?

Upgrade util-linux on debian 11 to 2.13-8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-5191

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.

CWE-252

How to fix

Remediation Available

util-linuxDebian

Fixed in:2.13-8CVE-2007-5191

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-252 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2005-4360	High	7.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2007-3798	Critical	9.8	70%	-	Fix
CVE-2010-0211	Critical	9.8	29%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-23626	High	8.5	9.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-10902	High	7.5	4.7%	-	-
CVE-2018-20216	High	7.5	3.9%	-	Fix

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