CVE-2007-5289
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
24/02/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
HP Mercury Quality Center (QC) 9.2 and earlier, and possibly TestDirector, relies on cached client-side scripts to implement "workflow" and decisions about the "capability" of a user, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of the Open Test Architecture (OTA) API, as demonstrated by modifying (1) common.tds, (2) defects.tds, (3) manrun.tds, (4) req.tds, (5) testlab.tds, or (6) testplan.tds in %tmp%\TD_80, and then setting the file's properties to read-only.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.60
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.2 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:testdirector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://blogs.exposit.co.uk/2009/02/23/vulnerability-in-quality-center/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34046
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898865
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501177/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501219/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48860
- http://blogs.exposit.co.uk/2009/02/23/vulnerability-in-quality-center/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34046
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898865
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501177/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501219/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48860



