CVE-2007-5714

The Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey before 2.9.0-r3 has a p2p user account with an empty default password and valid login shell, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access and execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2007-10-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5714 is rated Moderate Risk (54.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.80%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5714

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 1.35% 1.80% +0.45%
2 2025-11-24 1.24% 1.35% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.24% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5714

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5714

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5714

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-5714: 1 GLSA(s) (200710-25), 1 atom(s) (net-p2p/mldonkey); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5714

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5714

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo mldonkey_ebuild <= 2.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mldonkey_ebuild:*:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5714

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