CVE-2007-5495

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

4.4 Medium

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.30%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.4

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Record: CVE-2007-5495
CVSS 2.0: 4.4 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Record: CVE-2007-5495
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-5470 No score

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Record: EUVD-2007-5470
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2j7j-mg3j-2mr8 No score

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Record: GHSA-2j7j-mg3j-2mr8
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

selinux setroubleshoot

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`setroubleshoot` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.5-3.el5	0:2.0.5-3.el5
`setroubleshoot-plugins` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.4-2.el5	0:2.0.4-2.el5
`setroubleshoot-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.5-3.el5	0:2.0.5-3.el5
`setroubleshoot` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.5-3.el5	0:2.0.5-3.el5
`setroubleshoot-plugins` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.4-2.el5	0:2.0.4-2.el5
`setroubleshoot-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.0.5-3.el5	0:2.0.5-3.el5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, facts, references, title	GitHub Advisories, OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-5495 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Selinux Setroubleshoot, published May 23, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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