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CVE-2007-0163
SecureKit Steganography 1.7.1 and 1.8 embeds password information in the carrier file, which allows remote attackers to bypass…
High7.8EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
SecureKit Steganography 1.7.1 and 1.8 embeds password information in the carrier file, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements and decrypt embedded steganography by replacing the last 20 bytes of the JPEG image with alternate password information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20070106 Cracking Steganography Application in less than ONE minute (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070107 A Major design Bug in Steganography 1.7.x, 1.8 (latest) (Updated Version) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 31244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- steganography-password-security-bypass(31378) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://homepage.mac.com/adonismac/Advisory/steg/steganography.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23639 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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