CVE-2007-2027

Exp

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

Published: 2007-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2027 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2027

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29954 exploit_db edb 2007-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2027

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-29 0.33% 0.23% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.44% 0.33% -0.11%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2027

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2027

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2027

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-2027 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (elinks), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2027
gentoo normal CVE-2007-2027: 1 GLSA(s) (200706-03), 1 atom(s) (www-client/elinks); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2027
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2027
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2027 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elinks), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2027

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-2027

Impact: An untrusted message catalog might lead to a format-string attack when an attacker tricks user into launching links from a particular directory.

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-2027

  • Red Hat (2009-10-02T00:00:00)

    This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. Update packages were released to correct it via: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1471.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2027

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elinks elinks 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2027

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