CVE-2007-6199: Rsync

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Affected products

• Rsync Rsync: version 2.3.1 only; version 2.3.2 only; version 2.3.2_1.2alpha only; version 2.3.2_1.2arm only; version 2.3.2_1.2intel only; version 2.3.2_1.2m68k only; …

Published 2007-12-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.