CVE-2007-4752 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can gain privileges by causing an untrusted X client to be treated as trusted due to improper cookie handling in OpenSSH.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4752?
CVE-2007-4752 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 12 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4752?
It affects 1 product.
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4752?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-4752 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4752 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4752, GHSA-657x-xg3w-fxx6.