CVE-2007-2799
Sleuth Kit Integer Overflow RCE
Description
Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2007, 9:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
4.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/38498 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25394 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25544 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25578 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26203 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26294 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm Added Reference http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34731 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2799
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Exploit Prediction
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2.77 }} -2.52%
score
0.84768
percentile