CVE-2007-4752
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
02 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
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
- 2.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2007-09-12 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7293abcec475292737f7e9494d01606d2e9503531a9616519caeabc78d79421b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openssh.comhttp://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.7
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-02.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10809https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10809
- www.debian.orgDSA-1576http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
- www.securityfocus.com25628http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25628
- www.securityfocus.com20070917 FLEA-2007-0055-1 openssh openssh-client openssh-server gnome-ssh-askpasshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479760/100/0/threaded
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-715https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00214.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-566-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-566-1
- securityreason.com3126http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3126
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2821http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821
- secunia.com30249http://secunia.com/advisories/30249
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3156http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3156
- h20000.www2.hp.comSSRT071485http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01271085
- secunia.com31575http://secunia.com/advisories/31575
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0855http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:236http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:236
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5599https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5599
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280471
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com20071115 Re: HPSBUX02287 SSRT071485 rev.1 - HP-UX Running HP Secure Shell, Remotely Gain Extended Privilegeshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483748/100/200/threaded
- secunia.com27399http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-x11cookie-privilege-escalation(36637)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36637
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1706
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191321
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2007:022http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
- secunia.com32241http://secunia.com/advisories/32241
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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