CVE-2007-4998: cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack…

PriorityP420medium6.9CVSS 2.0

AVLACMAuNCCICAC

EPSS

0.35%

27.0th percentile

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	coreutils	< coreutils 4.1.2 (bookworm)	coreutils 4.1.2 (bookworm)
gnu	coreutils	>= 0 < 4.1.2	4.1.2
gnu	coreutils	>= 0 < 4.1.2	4.1.2
gnu	coreutils	>= 0 < 4.1.2	4.1.2
gnu	coreutils	>= 0 < 4.1.2	4.1.2
msrc	cbl_mariner_1.0_arm	—	—
msrc	cbl_mariner_1.0_x64	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv6.9MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.9MEDIUM

vendor_msrc6.9MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.9MEDIUM

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