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CVE-2007-0227

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0227 describes a vulnerability in slocate 3.1 where it mishandles database entries for files in protected directories, potentially exposing private file names to local users. The CVSS score of 5.0 indicates a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality, meaning an attacker could gain unauthorized access to information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0227

CVE-2007-0227

References

osvdb.org / 33465
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21989
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-425-1