CVE-2007-3848 in Kernel

Summary

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).

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• Reservation: 07/18/2007
• Disclosure: 08/14/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-38313
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-404 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00086
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3848
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3848
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-3848/