CVE-2007-6514

Exp

Apache HTTP Server, when running on Linux with a document root on a Windows share mounted using smbfs, allows remote attackers to obtain unprocessed content such as source files for .php programs via a trailing "\" (backslash), which is not handled by the intended AddType directive.

Published: 2007-12-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6514 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.04%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +25.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6514

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30901 exploit_db edb 2007-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6514

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 12.90% 38.04% +25.14%
2 2026-04-28 9.68% 12.90% +3.23%
3 2025-12-28 — 9.68% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6514

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2007-6514

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6514

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6514
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6514 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (apache, apache2), 14 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, DNE 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6514

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-6514

  • Red Hat (2008-01-09T00:00:00)

    Old versions of the Linux 2.4 kernel allowed the lookup of names containing backslashes over smbfs -- so there were multiple names which would reference any particular file, allowing the bypass of Apache controls such as AddType. Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. This issue was corrected with a backported patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 by RHSA-2007:0672. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6514

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6514

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6514

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