HP Mercury Quality Center (QC) 9.2 and earlier, and possibly TestDirector, relies on…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
HP Mercury Quality Center (QC) 9.2 and earlier, and possibly TestDirector, relies on cached client-side scripts to implement "workflow" and decisions about the "capability" of a user, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of the Open Test Architecture (OTA) API, as demonstrated by modifying (1) common.tds, (2) defects.tds, (3) manrun.tds, (4) req.tds, (5) testlab.tds, or (6) testplan.tds in %tmp%\TD_80, and then setting the file's properties to read-only.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 9.2 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.2 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.2 sp1 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:testdirector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.2 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:8.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 sp1 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:mercury_quality_center:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:testdirector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5289
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9wv3-hv7v-qxrg
- 2026-10-07 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
References
More Hewlett Packard Enterprise Mercury Quality Center vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-01743 Stack-based buffer overflow in the SPIDERLib.Loader ActiveX control (Spider90.ocx)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-01804 qcbin/servlet/tdservlet/TDAPI_GeneralWebTreatment in HP Mercury Quality Center 9.0 build… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2007-5289 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-5289 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9wv3-hv7v-qxrg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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