CVE-2007-2856
Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the QuickZip…
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the QuickZip function, a related issue to CVE-2007-2855.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.17% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 May 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dart/powertcp zip compression
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/38111
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469503/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469592/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24163
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34494
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34520
- http://osvdb.org/38111
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469503/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469592/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24163
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34494
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34520
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