CVE-2007-0368
Stack-based buffer overflow in mbse-bbs 0.70 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the MBSE_ROOT…
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in mbse-bbs 0.70 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the MBSE_ROOT environment variable.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- GNU/Linux mbse-bbs 0.70.0 - Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3154local, linuxpublished 18 Jan 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 3154 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20070118 mbsebbs 0.70.0 & below local root exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- mbsebbs-mbuseradd-bo(31639) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3154 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.mbse.eu/mbse/mbsebbs/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22112 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0370 (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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