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CVE-2007-5958

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CVE-2007-5958 is a vulnerability in X.Org Xserver versions prior to 1.4.1 that allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files. This information disclosure flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, arises from differing error messages when using the -sp option with the X program. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5152 · Feb 19, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0533 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: XFree86-0:4.1.0-86.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: XFree86-0:4.3.0-126.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xorg-x11-0:6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.1.1-48.26.el5_1.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5958Low

Xorg / XFree86 file existence disclosure vulnerability

Jan 17, 2008

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
secunia.com / advisories/28273
secunia.com / advisories/28532
secunia.com / advisories/28535
secunia.com / advisories/28536
secunia.com / advisories/28539
secunia.com / advisories/28540
secunia.com / advisories/28542
secunia.com / advisories/28543
secunia.com / advisories/28550
secunia.com / advisories/28584
secunia.com / advisories/28592
secunia.com / advisories/28616
secunia.com / advisories/28718
secunia.com / advisories/28843
secunia.com / advisories/28885
secunia.com / advisories/28997
secunia.com / advisories/29420
secunia.com / advisories/29622
secunia.com / advisories/29707
secunia.com / advisories/30161
secunia.com / advisories/32545
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39769
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1970
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10991
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5393
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 571-1
exploit-db.com / exploits/5152
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1466
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openbsd.org / errata41.html
openbsd.org / errata42.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0031.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27336
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/27356
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0179
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0184
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0497/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3000