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CVE-2007-5208 is a command injection vulnerability in the hpssd daemon of the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) versions 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of shell metacharacters in the 'from' address when invoking sendmail, due to unsafe use of popen3. This allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the user running hpssd, typically root.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/linux/misc/hplip_hpssd_exec.rb) that exploits a command execution vulnerability in the hpssd.py daemon of the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP). The exploit targets versions 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10, as referenced by CVE-2007-5208. The module connects to the hpssd.py daemon (default TCP port 2207), crafts a request with a malicious 'email-from-address' parameter containing the attacker's command, and triggers execution by sending a 'testemail' request. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary command execution as root, provided the 'sendmail' binary is present on the target. The code is written in Ruby and is designed to be used within the Metasploit framework. The repository is operational and provides a working exploit for the described vulnerability.
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