{"id":"CVE-2007-2079","aliases":["EUVD-2007-2074","GHSA-98r7-fvm5-pv89"],"status":"published","title":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses...","description":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact.  NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.09691,"percentile":0.95536,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"published":"2007-04-18T02:20:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:38:52Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-3738","title":"XAMPP for Windows 1.6.0a - 'mssql_connect()' Remote Buffer Overflow","type":"remote","platform":"windows","date":"2007-04-15","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3738"}],"products":[{"vendor":"xampp","product":"apache_distribution"}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33683","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/41594","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3738","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23491","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2079"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98r7-fvm5-pv89"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-2079","description":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact.  NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.","status":"published","published":"2007-04-18T02:20:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T13:23:49.972Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:32:34.372976Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-2074","description":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact.  NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.","status":"published","published":"2007-04-18T02:20:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T13:23:49Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:22.93127Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-98r7-fvm5-pv89","title":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses...","description":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact.  NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T17:59:49Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:03:33Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:29.790939Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-2079","description":"The ADONewConnection Connect function in adodb.php in XAMPP 1.6.0a and earlier for Windows uses untrusted input for the database server hostname, which allows remote attackers to trigger a library buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter, or have other unspecified impact.  NOTE: it could be argued that this is an issue in mssql_connect (CVE-2007-1411.1) in PHP, or an issue in the ADOdb Library, and the proper fix should be in one of these products; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in XAMPP.","status":"published","published":"2007-04-18T03:19:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:38:52.597Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:14.732044Z"}]}}