CVE-2007-4909 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2007-4909

Interpretation conflict in WinSCP before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to...

Vulnerability Description

Interpretation conflict in WinSCP before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file transfers with a remote server via file-transfer commands in the final portion of a (1) scp, and possibly a (2) sftp or (3) ftp, URL, as demonstrated by a URL specifying login to the remote server with a username of scp, which is interpreted as an HTTP scheme name by the protocol handler in a web browser, but is interpreted as a username by WinSCP. NOTE: this is related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3015.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

winscp
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.0, 3.5.5_beta, 3.5.6, 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.5_beta, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 4.0.2, 4.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 17th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.