{"cve":"CVE-2007-1057","nvd":{"published":"2007-02-21T23:28:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:50.583","status":"Modified","description":"The Net Direct client for Linux before 6.0.5 in Nortel Application Switch 2424, VPN 3050 and 3070, and SSL VPN Module 1000 extracts and executes files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to exploit a race condition to replace a world-writable file in /tmp/NetClient and cause another user to execute arbitrary code when attempting to execute this client, as demonstrated by replacing /tmp/NetClient/client.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://osvdb.org/33304","http://secunia.com/advisories/24231","http://spoofed.org/blog/archive/2007/02/nortel_vpn_unix_client_local_root_compromise.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22632","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017678"],"products":["nortel:net_direct_client"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:44:49.019236172+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-1057","score":0.01114,"percentile":0.66041,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}