Buffer overflow in Mike Dubman Windows Rsh Daemon

CVE-2007-4005

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mike Dubman Windows RSH daemon (rshd) 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the shell port (514/tcp). NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2007-4006.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2007-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.112 (95.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.112 · newest: 0.112 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mike Dubman Windows Rsh Daemon — versions 1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4222 (exploit)
secunia.com/advisories/26197 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25044 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)