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CVE-2007-6200: Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon, allows remote…

CVE-2007-6200 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Rsync. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon, allows remote attackers to bypass exclude, exclude_from, and filter and read or write hidden files via (1) symlink, (2) partial-dir, (3) backup-dir, and unspecified (4) dest options.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Rsync: 2.3.1; 2.3.2; 2.3.2_1.2alpha; 2.3.2_1.2arm; 2.3.2_1.2intel; 2.3.2_1.2m68k; 2.3.2_1.2ppc; 2.3.2_1.2sparc; 2.3.2_1.3; 2.4.0; 2.4.1; 2.4.3

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