CVE-2007-2079

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact. NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.

Affected products

Xampp Apache Distribution: through 1.6.0a

References

http://osvdb.org/41594
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23491
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33683
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3738
http://osvdb.org/41594
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23491
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33683
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3738

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