CVE-2007-4752

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    CVE-2007-4752

    Published: 12 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ssh in OpenSSH before 4.7 does not properly handle when an untrusted cookie cannot be created and uses a trusted X11 cookie instead, which allows attackers to violate intended policy and gain privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27399, http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/30249, http://secunia.com/advisories/31575, http://secunia.com/advisories/32241, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-02.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:236, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-566-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3156, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1706, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280471, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191321, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01271085, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3126, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm, http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.7, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479760/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483748/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25628, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36637, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10809, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5599, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00214.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High