Vulnerability in Vergenet Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy
CVE-2007-5740
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.124 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.124 · newest: 0.124 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/27520 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml
- www.sec-consult.com/300.html
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27458 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)