CVE-2007-0849
scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect this directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2568.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.85% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- syscp team/syscp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/33128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24102
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453Exploit, Patch
- http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP
- http://osvdb.org/33128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24102
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453Exploit, Patch
- http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.