CVE-2007-1742 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2007-1742 Interim 1 4 2023-02-15T02:56:22Z current 2021-05-30T12:38:32Z 2023-02-15T02:56:22Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z 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 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." The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings 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." CVE-2007-1742 low 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P