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…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.72%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 20070411 Apache HTTPD suEXEC Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 38640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [apache-http-dev] 20070328 Re: [Fwd: iDefense Final Notice [IDEF1445]] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1017904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [apache-http-dev] 20070328 [Fwd: iDefense Final Notice [IDEF1445]] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1736 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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