Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-6199

Title: Rsync

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-6199.

CWE Category CWE-16

Published Date Dec 01, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-6199: rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Impacted Vendors

andrew_tridgell 1

redhat 1

rsync 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0 http://secunia.com/advisories/27853 http://secunia.com/advisories/27863 http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 http://secunia.com/advisories/28457 http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 http://secunia.com/advisories/61005 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012 http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15549.html http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257 http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:011 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487991/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26638 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4057 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0 http://secunia.com/advisories/27853 http://secunia.com/advisories/27863 http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 http://secunia.com/advisories/28457 http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 http://secunia.com/advisories/61005 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012 http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15549.html http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257 http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:011 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487991/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26638 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4057 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-6199 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.

December 01, 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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.