What is CVE-2007-5743?

CVE-2007-5743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Viewvc, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2007-5743?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Viewvc

CVE-2007-5743

viewvc 1.0.3 allows improper access control to files in a repository when using the "forbidden" configuration option.

Published 2019-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Viewvc — versions 1.0.3
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5743 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-5743?: CVE-2007-5743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Viewvc, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2007-5743?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.