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John Horne

First CVE: Nov 6, 2008Active for: 18 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

John Horne maintains rkhunter, a rootkit detection utility for Linux systems that operates at the host level to scan for signatures and anomalies indicative of system compromise. The vendor's vulnerability profile centers on a single, narrowly scoped security tool where the durable signal reflects improper link-resolution handling, a weakness class that can expose file-access operations to symlink-based attacks. Live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
6.9
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 48% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by John Horne over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Nov 6, 2008
17 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Nov 6, 2008
6,469 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2008-4982MEDIUM
rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulner
Nov 6, 20086.918NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
Medium
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by John Horne.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by John Horne — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For John Horne's Products

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Top CWEs