# CVE-2007-4563: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can gain privileges due to incorrect group permission assignment in Cosminexus Manager logical J2EE server processes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcrw-xhqq-57vc

## What is CVE-2007-4563?

CVE-2007-4563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cosminexus Manager in Cosminexus Application Server 06-50 and later might assign the wrong user's group permissions to logical J2EE server processes, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4563?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Hitachi Cosminexus Application Server Enterprise, Hitachi Cosminexus Application Server Standard, Hitachi Electronic Form Workflow - Standard Set, Hitachi Electronic Form Workflow -Professional Library Set, Hitachi Ucosminexus Application Server Enterprise, Hitachi Ucosminexus Application Server Standard, Hitachi Ucosminexus Service Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-4563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-4563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-5810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5810/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2007-4564](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4564/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2007-5809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5809/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4563 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-4563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4563/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4563/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4563
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4563
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4563

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4563/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.