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CVE-2007-2027

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2027 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Elinks 0.11.1, specifically within the add_filename_to_string function, allowing local users to manipulate the application into loading malicious gettext message catalogs. This can lead to format string attacks, potentially resulting in information disclosure, arbitrary code execution, or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.4, it is a medium severity vulnerability requiring local access and medium attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29954 · May 7, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: elinks-0:0.9.2-4.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: elinks-0:0.11.1-6.el5_4.1
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2027Low

elinks tries to load .po files from a non-absolute path

Apr 4, 2007

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
osvdb.org / 35668
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25169
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25198
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25255
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25550
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
securityfocus.com / bid/23844
trustix.org / errata/2007/0017
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-457-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1686
Vendor Advisory