--- title: "CVE-2007-4656\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4656?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-4656 Publication date 4 September 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | backup-manager | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.7.6-3 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.7.6-3 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.7.6-3 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.7.6-3 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4656) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4656) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4656) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4656) ### Other references *