{"id":"CVE-2007-6495","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-6495","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:34.998Z","title":"inc_newuser.asp in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the permissions of directories named (1) db, (2) www, (3) Special, and (4) log at arbitrary locations under the web root via a modified Dirroot…","description":"inc_newuser.asp in Hosting Controller 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the permissions of directories named (1) db, (2) www, (3) Special, and (4) log at arbitrary locations under the web root via a modified Dirroot parameter in an AddUser action to accounts/AccountActions.asp.  NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by changing the permissions of \\Forum\\db, which is configured for execution of ASP scripts with administrative privileges, and then uploading a script to \\Forum\\db.","published":"2007-12-20T20:46:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:48:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["hosting controller/hosting controller"],"epss":{"score":0.0437,"percentile":0.91202,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2007-12-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":4730,"kind":"exploit","title":"hosting controller 6.1 hot fix 3.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/asp/webapps/4730.txt","file":"exploits/asp/webapps/4730.txt","published":"2007-12-13","added":"2007-12-12","updated":null,"author":"BugReport.IR","type":"webapps","platform":"asp","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-44186","CVE-2007-6504","OSVDB-44185","OSVDB-44184","OSVDB-42922","CVE-2007-6503","OSVDB-42921","CVE-2007-6502","OSVDB-42920","CVE-2007-6501","OSVDB-42917","CVE-2007-6500","OSVDB-42916","OSVDB-42915","CVE-2007-6499","OSVDB-42914","CVE-2007-6498","OSVDB-42913","CVE-2007-6497","OSVDB-42912","CVE-2007-6496","OSVDB-42911","CVE-2007-6495","OSVDB-42910","CVE-2007-6494"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/44184","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28973","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3474","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1019222","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26862","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/44184","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28973","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3474","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1019222","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26862","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6495","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}