CVE-2007-2766

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

lib/backup-methods.sh in Backup Manager before 0.7.6 provides the MySQL password as a plaintext command line argument, which allows local users to obtain this password by listing the process and its arguments, related to lib/backup-methods.sh.

Affected products

Backup Manager: through 0.7.5

References

http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=146
http://osvdb.org/34780
http://www.backup-manager.org/pipermail/backup-manager-commits/2007-January/000212.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2412
http://www2.backup-manager.org/Release076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34489
http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=146
http://osvdb.org/34780
http://www.backup-manager.org/pipermail/backup-manager-commits/2007-January/000212.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2412
http://www2.backup-manager.org/Release076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34489

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