CVE-2007-5593

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5593
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-19 23:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptioninstall.php in Drupal 5.x before 5.3, when the configured database server is not reachable, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that cause settings.php to be modified.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Drupal Drupal All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Drupal Prior To 4.7.8 and 5.3 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SA-2007-025 - Drupal core - Arbitrary code execution via installer. | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Vendor Advisory
drupal.org/files/sa-2007-025/SA-2007-025-5.2.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/39648 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Fedora update for drupal - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Drupal Code Execution and Cross-Site Request Forgery - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: drupal-5.3-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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