CVE-2007-4174

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-07 10:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionTor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file, compromise anonymity, and have other unspecified impact via HTTP POST data containing commands without valid authentication, as demonstrated by an HTML form (1) hosted on a web site or (2) injected by a Tor exit node.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.1 alpha All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.10 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.11 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.12 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.13 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.14 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.2 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.3 alpha All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.4 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.5 All All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.5 alpha All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.6 alpha All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.7 alpha All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.8 beta All All
Application Tor Tor 0.1.2.9 All All All
Application Tor Tor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Tor ControlPort Authentication Bug Lets Remote Users Modify the 'torrc' Configuration File - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Tor ControlPort "torrc" Rewrite Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Tor 0.1.2.16 is released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.seul.org
Tor ControlPort Missing Authentication Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/36271 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Tor security advisory: cross-protocol http form attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.seul.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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