What is CVE-2007-0001?

CVE-2007-0001 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2007-0001 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-0001?

CVE-2007-0001 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-0001?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-0001 patch availability.

Is CVE-2007-0001 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-0001 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2007-0001

Medium

The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2007-03-02

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

7 total

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24300

Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html

Patch Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129

Patch
Osvdb
http://osvdb.org/33031
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2007-0001

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2007-03-02

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-0001?

CVE-2007-0001 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2007-0001 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-0001?

CVE-2007-0001 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-0001?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-0001 patch availability.
Is CVE-2007-0001 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2007-0001 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.