CVE-2007-0849

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

scripts/cronscript.php in SysCP 1.2.15 and earlier does not properly quote pathnames in user home directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing shell metacharacters in a directory name, and then using the control panel to protect this directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2568.

Affected products

Syscp Team Syscp: through 1.2.15

References

http://osvdb.org/33128
http://secunia.com/advisories/24102
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453
http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP
http://osvdb.org/33128
http://secunia.com/advisories/24102
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22453
http://www.syscp.org/wiki/Security/SyscpOrgAbilityToInjectAndExecuteAnyCodeAsRootInSysCP

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