CVE-2007-1743 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can create arbitrary files with specific UID/GID ownership via suexec if /proc is mounted and document root is writable.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1743?
CVE-2007-1743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 13 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
suexec in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.2.3 does not verify combinations of user and group IDs on the command line, which might allow local users to leverage other vulnerabilities to create arbitrary UID/GID owned files if /proc is mounted. 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." In addition, because this is dependent on other vulnerabilities, perhaps this is resultant and should not be included in CVE.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1743?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Http Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1743?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-1743 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Http Server
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1743, GHSA-j45f-mrh9-59hf.