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.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-6387
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2007-6387.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2007-6387 vulnerability over time.
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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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-6387 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-6387
weaknesses.
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