CVE-2007-4302

MEDIUM 6.2CVE-2007-4302 · Published 13/08/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4302 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability affecting generic software wrappers toolkit (freshmeat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.72%, higher than 53.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
generic software wrappers toolkit freshmeat	`= 1.6.3`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple race conditions in certain system call wrappers in Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit (GSWTK) allow local users to defeat system call interposition and possibly gain privileges or bypass auditing.

References

secunia.com/advisories/26469
securityfocus.com/bid/25251 · Exploit
watson.org/~robert/2007woot

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