CVE-2007-4656

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

Published: 2007-09-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4656 is rated Low Risk (18.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4656

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.36% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4656

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4656

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4656

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-4656 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (backup-manager), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4656
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-4656 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (backup-manager), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4656

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4656

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
backup_manager backup_manager <= 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:backup_manager:backup_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4656

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