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?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dart/powertcp zip compression
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.