CVE-2007-4752

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 12 Sept 2007, 01:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 15:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.27% LOW
2% probability +0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Sept 2007, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 15:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ssh in OpenSSH before 4.7 does not properly handle when an untrusted cookie cannot be created and uses a trusted X11 cookie instead, which allows attackers to violate intended policy and gain privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.27%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • openbsd•openssh

    ≤ 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0p1 | 4.1 | 4.1p1 | 4.2 | 4.2p1 | 4.3 | 4.3p1 | 4.3p2 | 4.4 | 4.4p1 | 4.5

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