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CVE-2007-2797

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2797 describes a vulnerability in xterm, including versions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Debian GNU/Linux, where incorrect group ownership of tty devices allows local users to write data to other users' terminals. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to data modification (integrity). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
192-7.el4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:192-7.el4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
208-3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:208-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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 0.6 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xterm-0:192-8.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2797Low

(mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty')

Dec 19, 2006

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/26562
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27617
secunia.com / advisories/27921
securityreason.com / securityalert/3066
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1396
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26710