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CVE-2007-6415

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6415 describes a critical vulnerability in scponly version 4.6 and earlier, affecting Debian Linux. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended security restrictions and execute arbitrary code by manipulating scp commands with specific options. With a CVSS score of 8.5, it presents a high severity risk, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality and integrity. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6415Important

scponly: scp restriction bypass

Jan 21, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28538
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28944
secunia.com / advisories/28981
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200802-06.xml
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00546.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00595.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1473