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CVE-2007-5958

Published: Jan 18, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
5.3%
Top 8.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
xserverx.org
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
x.orgoss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-1466/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0006
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5958
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Timeline

Published
Jan 18, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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