{"cve":"CVE-2007-4998","nvd":{"published":"2008-01-31T21:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:45:15.140","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/43228","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=356471","https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2023","http://osvdb.org/43228","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=356471"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-4998","score":0.00347,"percentile":0.28367,"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."]}