CVE-2007-1741 (GCVE-0-2007-1741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:06
VLAI
Summary
Multiple race conditions in suexec in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.2.3 between directory and file validation, and their usage, allow local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code by renaming directories or performing symlink attacks. 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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1085 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=1175118345… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017904 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23438 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=1175115687… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2007-03-28 00:00
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