PT-2007-4080 · Oracle · Mysql Server

Published 2007-05-18 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-2766

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Backup Manager versions prior to 0.7.6

Description The issue allows local users to obtain the MySQL password by listing the process and its arguments, due to the password being provided as a plaintext command line argument in the lib/backup-methods.sh script.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.7.6, update to version 0.7.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the process list to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2766

Affected Products

Mysql Server

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2766 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www2.backup-manager.org/Release076 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2766 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34489 · Note
• http://backup-manager.org/pipermail/backup-manager-commits/2007-January/000212.html · Note
• http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=146 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/34780 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2412 · Note