CVE-2007-5107
Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 35.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ask_shortformatRank normaldisclosed 24 Sept 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Ask.com Toolbar - 'askBar.dll' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16557remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Ask.com/AskJeeves Toolbar Toolbar 4.0.2.53 - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4452remote, windowspublished 24 Sept 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4452 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.9% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 4452 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070924 Re: New Zeroday published (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- asktoolbar-shortformat-bo(36757) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26960 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25785 (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-2007-5088 (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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