CVE-2007-4174
Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file, compromise
02 Description
Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file, compromise
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-08-07 10:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cb27d1f48708b3127f59673cea6f6f6fa69427140d23e9c39b43cf37204a2286
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com25188http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25188
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtor-control-command-execution(36407)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36407
- www.securitytracker.com1018510http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018510
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtor-controlport-security-bypass(35784)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35784
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2768http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2768
- osvdb.org36271http://osvdb.org/36271
- secunia.com26301http://secunia.com/advisories/26301
- archives.seul.org[or-announce] 20070901 Tor security advisory: cross-protocol http form attackhttp://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Sep-2007/msg00000.html
- archives.seul.org[or-announce] 20070802 Tor 0.1.2.16 is releasedhttp://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tor Fixed in 0.1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tor Fixed in 0.1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tor Fixed in 0.1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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