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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5208 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 67.26%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16837 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-10-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 74.23% | 67.26% | -6.97% |
| 2 | 2026-06-01 | 73.69% | 74.23% | +0.54% |
| 3 | 2025-12-01 | — | 73.69% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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4.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2007-5208 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (hplip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5208 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2007-5208: 1 GLSA(s) (200710-26), 1 atom(s) (net-print/hplip); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5208 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5208 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-5208 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (hplip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 4, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5208 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | linux_imaging_and_printing_project | <= 2.7.10 | cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| hp | linux_imaging_and_printing_project | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |