X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a filename argument in the -sp option to the X program, which produces different error messages depending on whether the filename exists.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5958 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.33%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5152 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-02-19 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 3.60% | 5.33% | +1.73% |
| 2 | 2025-11-25 | 4.56% | 3.60% | -0.96% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 4.56% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2007-5958 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5958 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2007-5958: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-09), 2 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server, x11-libs/libXfont); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5958 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5958 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2007-5958 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 4, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5958 |