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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-6061 · published 20 November 2007

CVE-2007-6061: Audacityteam audacity link following vulnerability

Audacityteam · Audacity

Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% · top 11.6% CWE-59 · Link following
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27841 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29206 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30191 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-6061), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.