CVE-2007-5208

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5208
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-13 00:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionhpssd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hp Linux Imaging And Printing Project 1.0 All All All
Application Hp Linux Imaging And Printing Project All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-530-1: hplip vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Gentoo update for hplip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
qa.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 qa.mandriva.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
HPLIP: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat update for hplib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Fedora update for hplip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) Lets Remote Users Inject Arbitrary Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bug #149121 “hpssd vulnerable to command injection” : Bugs : “hplip” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1462-1 hplip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for hplip - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
HPLIP hpssd Command Injection Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 319921 – CVE-2007-5208 hplip arbitrary command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System HSSPD.PY Daemon Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Bug 195565 - net-print/hplip Arbitrary command execution (CVE-2007-5208) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandriva update for hplip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for hplip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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