CVE-2007-4631

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    CVE-2007-4631

    Published: 31 Aug 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26738, http://secunia.com/advisories/26745, http://secunia.com/advisories/27098, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381, http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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