CVE-2007-3848

LowCVSS 1.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 14, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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