CVE-2007-4526

The Client Login Extension (CLE) in Novell Identity Manager before 3.5.1 20070730 stores the username and password in a local file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Published: 2007-08-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4526 is rated Low Risk (19.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4526

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% 0.40% +0.35%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.05% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4526

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4526

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4526

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netiq identity_manager <= 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:netiq:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell client_login_extension_\(cle\) cpe:2.3:a:novell:client_login_extension_\(cle\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4526

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