CVE-2007-1742
suexec in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.2.3 uses a partial comparison for verifying whether the current directory is within the document root, which might allow local users to perform unauthorized operations on incorrect directories, as demonstrated…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
suexec in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.2.3 uses a partial comparison for verifying whether the current directory is within the document root, which might allow local users to perform unauthorized operations on incorrect directories, as demonstrated using "html_backup" and "htmleditor" under an "html" directory. NOTE: the researcher, who is reliable, claims that the vendor disputes the issue because "the attacks described rely on an insecure server configuration" in which the user "has write access to the document root."
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.7 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apache/http server
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=511
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=117511568709063&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=117511834512138&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/38640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017904
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=511
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=117511568709063&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=117511834512138&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/38640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017904
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.