CVE-2007-0792

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mod_perl initialization script in Bugzilla 2.23.3 does not set the Bugzilla Apache configuration to allow .htaccess permissions to override file permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtain the database username and password via a direct request for the localconfig file.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.23.3

References

http://osvdb.org/35862
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2222
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017585
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459025/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22380
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0477
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32252
http://osvdb.org/35862
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2222
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017585
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.3/

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