Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-4998

Description

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords77 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-6.12 pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-configuration pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-configuration pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-configuration pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-64k pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-64k-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-64k-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.12 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-bootc-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-modules pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic-fips-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic-headers pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic-modules
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CVE-2007-4998

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