hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to…

Description

hpssd 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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

67.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• FEDORA-2007-2527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 27271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 27224 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27221 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200710-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• USN-530-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-1462 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 28453 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1018806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 26054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 27332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 27232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0960 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10692 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=30719 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• hplip-hpssd-command-execution(37183) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5208](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5208.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5208)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:24 UTC.