CVE-2007-3852: Sysstat

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The init script (sysstat.in) in sysstat 5.1.2 up to 7.1.6 creates /tmp/sysstat.run insecurely, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Sysstat Sysstat: version 5.1.2 only; version 5.1.3 only; version 5.1.4 only; version 5.1.5 only; version 6.0.0 only; version 6.0.1 only; …

Published 2007-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.