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CVE-2007-3531

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.6)—

The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Gentoo — Nvclock

CWEs

References

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