CVE-2007-6131

Exp

buttonpressed.sh in scanbuttond 0.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) scan.pnm and (2) scan.jpg temporary files.

Published: 2007-11-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6131 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6131

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6131

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6131

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6131

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6131

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6131
ubuntu negligible CVE-2007-6131 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (scanbuttond), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): ignored 3, released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6131

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6131

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat fedora_core f7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:f7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6131

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