CVE-2007-4303

Multiple race conditions in (1) certain rules and (2) argument copying during VM protection, in CerbNG for FreeBSD 4.8 allow local users to defeat system call interposition and possibly gain privileges or bypass auditing, as demonstrated by modifying command lines in log-exec.cb.

Published: 2007-08-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4303 is rated Low Risk (32/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4303

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 0.05% 0.28% +0.23%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4303

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4303

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4303

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerb cerbng 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cerb:cerbng:0.1:*:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*
cerb cerbng 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cerb:cerbng:0.2:*:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*
cerb cerbng 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:cerb:cerbng:0.3:*:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*
cerb cerbng 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:cerb:cerbng:0.4:*:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4303

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