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CVE-2007-5962

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 12.06% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-05-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2007-5962
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
12.06%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.