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high 7.6

CVE-2007-5208 in the critical feed json

hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute…

published 2007-10-13 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5188

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.3%
EPSS 67.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.

Patch / fix

  • hplip Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.10-4.3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5208

  • hplip RHEL 5 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3
  • hpijs RHEL 5 1:1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3
  • libsane-hpaio RHEL 5 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0960

  • hplip openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.21.6-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10847-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-5208 updated

hplip arbitrary command execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) hpijs 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3, hplip 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3, libsane-hpaio 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) hpijs 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3, hplip 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3, libsane-hpaio 1.6.7-4.1.el5_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0960

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/hplip_hpssd_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

67.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.