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CVE-2007-6283

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6283 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora where the /etc/rndc.key file is installed with world-readable permissions. This flaw allows local users to execute unauthorized named commands, potentially leading to a denial of service by stopping the named service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low severity local attack with high impact on availability. There is no known exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, suggesting it is not actively exploited and has received minimal community or media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind-30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6283Moderate

bind: /etc/rndc.key has 644 permissions by default

Dec 13, 2007

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28180
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30313
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
Vendor Advisory