9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2007-6387
Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Control Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks, and Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping, ProSeries, QuickBooks, Quicken, QuickTax, and TurboTax, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) GetHistory, (2) GetSeedQuery, (3) SetSeedQuery, and possibly other methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 15, 2007, 2:46 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-6387 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Intuit bookkeeping
2 Intuit proseries
3 Intuit quickbooks
4 Intuit quicken
5 Intuit quicktax
6 Intuit turbo_tax
1 Microsoft activex
1 Vantage_linquistics answerworks
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-6387 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-6387 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26566
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26670
    Added Reference http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/qbupdate2007/Default.aspx
    Added Reference http://www.intuit.com/support/security/
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26815
    Added Reference http://www.vantagelinguistics.com/answerworks/release/
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4194
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4195
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39004
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4825
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4825 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4825 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39004 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39004 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

57.18 }} -0.71%

score

0.97955

percentile