CVE-2007-2654

Exp

xfs_fsr in xfsdump creates a .fsr temporary directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files on xfs filesystems.

Published: 2007-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2654 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2654

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2654

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 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.33% +0.29%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 1.28%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2654

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-2007-2654

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2654

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-2654 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xfsdump), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2654
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2654 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xfsdump), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2654

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2654

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_openexchange_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_openexchange_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_school_server gold cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_school_server:gold:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_standard_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_standard_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_open_enterprise_server 9 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_open_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfsdump xfsdump 2.2.38 cpe:2.3:a:xfsdump:xfsdump:2.2.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse opensuse 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2654

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