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CVE-2007-6200

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6200 describes an unspecified vulnerability in rsync versions prior to 3.0.0pre6, specifically when operating a writable rsync daemon. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass exclusion rules and read or write hidden files through the manipulation of symlink, partial-dir, backup-dir, and dest options. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsync:rsync:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsync:rsync:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2alphaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsync:rsync:2.3.2_1.2alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2armCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsync:rsync:2.3.2_1.2arm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2intelCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsync:rsync:2.3.2_1.2intel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0544 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: rsync-0:3.0.6-4.el5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: rsync

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6200Moderate

rsync excluded content access restrictions bypass via symlinks

Nov 28, 2007

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
rsync.samba.org / security.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27853
secunia.com / advisories/27863
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28412
secunia.com / advisories/28457
secunia.com / advisories/31326
securitytracker.com / id
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257
mandriva.com / en/security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0999.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487991/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26639
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4057
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2268