Is CVE-2007-6420 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-6420 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-6420?

CVE-2007-6420 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-6420

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 9.1%EU EUVD

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the balancer-manager in mod_proxy_balancer for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
EPSS score: 9.1% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-6386)
Published: January 12, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6386 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html(Broken Link)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3523(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486169/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494858/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27236(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320(Permissions Required)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8371(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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