CVE-2007-5964

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-16

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 13, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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