CVE-2007-1742 (GCVE-0-2007-1742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-13 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:06
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://osvdb.org/38640 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=1175118345… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017904 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=1175115687… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2007-03-28 00:00
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