CVE-2007-4174
Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote…
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Description
Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file, compromise anonymity, and have other unspecified impact via HTTP POST data containing commands without valid authentication, as demonstrated by an HTML form (1) hosted on a web site or (2) injected by a Tor exit node.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Tor < 0.1.2.16 - ControlPort Remote Rewrite (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4468remote, windowspublished 29 Sept 2007Verified
- Tor 0.1.2.15 - ControlPort Missing Authentication Unauthorized Access (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30447remote, windowspublished 2 Aug 2007Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 25188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- tor-control-command-execution(36407) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1018510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- tor-controlport-security-bypass(35784) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [or-announce] 20070901 Tor security advisory: cross-protocol http form attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [or-announce] 20070802 Tor 0.1.2.16 is released (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-2007-4158 (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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