CVE-2007-1742

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1742
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-1742.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-1742
Downstream
Published
2007-04-13T17:19:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages