CVE-2007-3531 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in NVidia NVClock prior to version 0.8b2, specifically within the set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c, affecting Gentoo Linux and Gentoo NVClock. This flaw allows authenticated local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack targeting the /tmp/nvclock temporary file. With a CVSS score of 6.6, it presents a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:nvclock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.