VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-5964

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-12-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

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