CVE-2007-0007 — gnucash 2

gnucash 2.0.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) gnucash.trace, (2) qof.trace, and (3) qof.trace.[PID] temporary files.

01What is this vulnerability?

gnucash 2.0.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) gnucash.trace, (2) qof.trace, and (3) qof.trace.[PID] temporary files.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2007-02-19T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.731Z

09References

• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0653
• fedoranews.org — http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2725
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/24225
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/24317
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22610
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/24226
• www.mandriva.com — http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:046
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32558
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223233
• sourceforge.net — http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=192&release_id=487446