'c' character missing from shell metacharacter whitelist
Published Jul 27, 2007
No CVSS score
EPSS 0.16%
Description
Rejected reason: The MS-RPC functionality in smbd in Samba 3 on SUSE Linux before 20070720 does not include "one character in the shell escape handling." NOTE: this issue was originally characterized as a shell metacharacter issue due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2447, which was interpreted by CVE to be security relevant. However, SUSE and Red Hat have disputed the problem, stating that the only impact is that scripts will not be executed if they have a "c" in their name, but even this limitation might not exist. This does not have security implications, so should not be included in CVE
Affected products
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Remediation
Red Hat statement
The CVE description for this bug is incorrect. The backported patch for CVE-2007-2447 missed the character c in the shell escaping whitelist of allowed characters, therefore not allowing commands with a c in them to be executed. This is therefore a regression bug and not a security vulnerability.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
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No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Dec 12, 2024.
Score over time
Feb–Dec 2024- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
Table of values (2 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 53.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 51.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4044 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253165 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4044
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4044
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4044 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253165 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4044 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4044 |
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