CVE-2007-5743

Exp

viewvc 1.0.3 allows improper access control to files in a repository when using the "forbidden" configuration option.

Published: 2019-11-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5743 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-5743

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5743

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 2025-03-30 0.72% 0.35% -0.38%
2 2025-03-29 0.35% 0.72% +0.38%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.35% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5743

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5743

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5743

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5743 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (viewvc), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5743

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5743

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
viewvc viewvc 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5743

URL Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416696 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5743 Third Party Advisory
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