CVE-2007-4550 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in ALPass 2.7 English and 3.02 Korean might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an fnm field in a folder-name record in an ALPASS DB (APW) file.

Published: 2007-08-28

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 5.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:2.7:::en::::
	cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:3.02:::ko::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4533	Format string vulnerability in ALPass 2.7 English and 3.02 Korean might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an fnm field in a folder-name record in an ALPASS DB (APW) file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05569.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/26616
http://vuln.sg/alpass27-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25435
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36256

History

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Subscriptions

Altools Alpass

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:01:09.862Z

Reserved: 2007-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4550

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-28T00:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4550

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-134

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