Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-3531

Title: Gentoo Nvclock

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-3531.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 25, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.29%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-3531: 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.

Impacted Vendors

gentoo 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071 http://osvdb.org/38573 http://secunia.com/advisories/26200 http://secunia.com/advisories/26208 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25052 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35584 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071 http://osvdb.org/38573 http://secunia.com/advisories/26200 http://secunia.com/advisories/26208 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25052 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35584

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-3531 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 25, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.