CVE-2007-5740
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 12%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 31
1st PoCOct 31
exploitation probability
12%top 4% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/30724⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27458http://secunia.com/advisories/27520https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398http://www.sec-consult.com/300.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677