CVE-2007-5289 Code injection in n/a

High 7.6 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by modifying cached client-side scripts used for workflow logic in HP Mercury Quality Center.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-5289?

CVE-2007-5289 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HP Mercury Quality Center (QC) 9.2 and earlier, and possibly TestDirector, relies on cached client-side scripts to implement "workflow" and decisions about the "capability" of a user, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of the Open Test Architecture (OTA) API, as demonstrated by modifying (1) common.tds, (2) defects.tds, (3) manrun.tds, (4) req.tds, (5) testlab.tds, or (6) testplan.tds in %tmp%\TD_80, and then setting the file's properties to read-only.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5289?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Hp Mercury Quality Center, Hp Testdirector.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2007-5289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9wv3-hv7v-qxrg.

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