CVE-2007-1742 - suexec in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.2.3 uses a partial comparison for verifying whether the curre

CVE-2007-1742

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."

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	3.7 (as of 13-02-2023 - 02:17)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	HIGH	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

idefense	20070411 Apache HTTPD suEXEC Multiple Vulnerabilities
mlist	[apache-http-dev] 20070328 Re: [Fwd: iDefense Final Notice [IDEF1445]] [apache-http-dev] 20070328 [Fwd: iDefense Final Notice [IDEF1445]]
osvdb	38640
sectrack	1017904

statements via4

contributor	Mark J Cox
lastmodified	2007-04-19
organization	Red Hat
statement	These attacks are reliant on an insecure configuration of the server - that the user the server runs as has write access to the document root. The suexec security model is not intented to protect against privilege escalation in such a configuration

Last major update

13-02-2023 - 02:17

Published

13-04-2007 - 17:19

Last modified

13-02-2023 - 02:17