CVE-2007-5751 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Liferea before 1.4.6 uses weak permissions (0644) for the feedlist.opml backup file, which allows local users to obtain credentials.

Published: 2007-10-31

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:liferea:liferea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5721	Liferea before 1.4.6 uses weak permissions (0644) for the feedlist.opml backup file, which allows local users to obtain credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00341.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40649
http://secunia.com/advisories/27438
http://secunia.com/advisories/27491
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=550468
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26254
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=360641
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38156
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00021.html

History

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Subscriptions

Liferea Liferea

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-31T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:39:13.817Z

Reserved: 2007-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5751

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-31T17:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:46:45.477

Link: CVE-2007-5751

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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