CVE-2007-0849 — scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect this directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2568

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HIGH

scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect this directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2568

Published Feb 8, 2007

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.85%

Description

scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect this directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2568.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.85% 0.00852

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00852

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.85% (0.00852)	56.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.81% (0.00811)	51.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00127)	29.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/33128
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/24102
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/33128		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/24102		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 8, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 8, 2007

Link CVE-2007-0849

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-0849

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-0849