CVE-2007-4727
Lighttpd mod_fastcgi Buffer Overflow
Description
Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the mod_fastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a "header overflow."
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 12, 2007, 7:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26732 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26794 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26824 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26997 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27229 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127 Added Reference http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability/ Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1986 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml Added Reference http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25622 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3110 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=284511 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1715 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36526 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 13, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-4727 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-4727
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
21.05 }} -7.23%
score
0.95163
percentile