CVE-2007-4462 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in po4a before version 0.32, specifically within the lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm component. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symlink to an arbitrary file, causing the temporary gettextization.failed.po file to overwrite the target. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has low impact on integrity and availability, and requires medium attack complexity from a local attacker. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:po4a:po4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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