CVE-2007-4656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Backup Manager Subscribe	Backup Manager Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:backup_manager:backup_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1518-1	New backup-manager packages fix information disclosure
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4638	backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439392
http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=173
http://osvdb.org/37444
http://secunia.com/advisories/26657
http://secunia.com/advisories/29377
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1518
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25503
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018639
http://www2.backup-manager.org/Release063

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-04T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:01:09.927Z

Reserved: 2007-09-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4656

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-04T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4656

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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