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CVE-2007-4174
Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote…
Medium5.8EPSS 6.2%
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- mitre
Description
Tor 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 25188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- tor-control-command-execution(36407) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1018510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- tor-controlport-security-bypass(35784) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [or-announce] 20070901 Tor security advisory: cross-protocol http form attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [or-announce] 20070802 Tor 0.1.2.16 is released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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