CVE-2007-5208
hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 67.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- HPLIP hpssd.py From Address Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/misc/hplip_hpssd_execRank excellentdisclosed 4 Oct 2007
Exploit-DB1 entry
- hplip - 'hpssd.py' From Address Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16837remote, linuxpublished 9 Oct 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 9 days later
· 9 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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- FEDORA-2007-2527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27224 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27221 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-530-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1462 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28453 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 27332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0960 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10692 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=30719 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- hplip-hpssd-command-execution(37183) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-5188 (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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