CVE-2007-3701
TippingPoint IPS before 20070710 does not properly handle a hex-encoded alternate Unicode '/' (slash) character, which might allow remote…
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- mitre
Description
TippingPoint IPS before 20070710 does not properly handle a hex-encoded alternate Unicode '/' (slash) character, which might allow remote attackers to send certain network traffic and avoid detection, as demonstrated by a cmd.exe attack.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- TippingPoint IPS - Unicode Character Detection Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30287remote, windowspublished 10 Jul 2007Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 24855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018361 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070710 TippingPoint IPS Signature Evasion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070710 TippingPoint IPS Signature Evasion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- tippingpoint-hex-security-byass(35336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 35970 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2007-3685 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-3701)Record last updated .