CVE-2007-1474 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can inject arguments into a cleanup script to delete arbitrary files and potentially escalate privileges in the Horde webmail suite.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-1474?

CVE-2007-1474 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Argument injection vulnerability in the cleanup cron script in Horde Project Horde and IMP before Horde Application Framework 3.1.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via multiple space-delimited pathnames.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1474?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Horde Horde Application Framework, Horde Imp.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1474?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2007-1474 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1474 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j5cq-w784-xr7r.

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