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CVE-2007-4174

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
07/08/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Tor before 0.1.2.16, when ControlPort is enabled, does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051, which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file, compromise anonymity, and have other unspecified impact via HTTP POST data containing commands without valid authentication, as demonstrated by an HTML form (1) hosted on a web site or (2) injected by a Tor exit node.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.1.2.15 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.8:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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