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CVE-2007-5740

Date: October 31, 2007

The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5740
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-5740
http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27520
http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml
http://secunia.com/advisories/27458
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5740

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CWE-134

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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