THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-4074
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-4074

Gentoo Linux vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated privileges without requiring authentication, which allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the local daemon on port 1314, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0956. NOTE: this issue is local in some environments, but remote on others.
Affected vendor
Centre For Speech Technology Research
Affected product
Gentoo Linux
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-07-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-4074

  • Confirm whether Centre For Speech Technology Research Gentoo Linux is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-4074.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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