HIGH
hplip arbitrary command execution
Published Oct 13, 2007
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 67.26%
Description
hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.7.10
- 1.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
hplip-0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0960
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | hplip-0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0960 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.6 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
67.26% 0.67264
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.67264
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 67.26% (0.67264) | 99.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 67.26% (0.67264) | 99.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 73.52% (0.73524) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 79.72% (0.79724) | 98.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 73.52% (0.73524) | 98.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 75.45% (0.75449) | 98.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 65.61% (0.65610) | 98.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 44.09% (0.44090) | 97.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 37.42% (0.37423) | 97.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 20.28% (0.20275) | 96.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 22.32% (0.22319) | 96.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2023 | 21.82% (0.21825) | 95.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 21.02% (0.21015) | 95.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 23.23% (0.23229) | 95.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 25.90% (0.25902) | 95.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 81.84% (0.81835) | 99.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 81.84% (0.81835) | 99.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (27)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195565 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=30719 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27202 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27221 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27224 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27232 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27332 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27397 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28453 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1462 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0960.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26054 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018806 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3479 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5208 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319921 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37183 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5208
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10692 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/530-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5208
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00200.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner canonical
Published Oct 13, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 4, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5208
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a