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CVE-2007-3852

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3852 describes an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability in the sysstat init script (sysstat.in), affecting sysstat versions 5.1.2 through 7.1.6. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it requires local access and moderate attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sysstat-0:7.0.2-11.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3852Low

sysstat insecure temporary file usage

Aug 10, 2007

References

osvdb.org / 39709
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/26527
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36045
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1005.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/25380