CVE-2007-5217
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ADM4 ActiveX control in adm4.dll in Altnet Download Manager 4.0.0.6, as used in (1) Kazaa 3.2.7 and (2)…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 30.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ADM4 ActiveX control in adm4.dll in Altnet Download Manager 4.0.0.6, as used in (1) Kazaa 3.2.7 and (2) Grokster, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Install method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Kazaa Altnet Download Manager ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/kazaa_altnet_heapRank normaldisclosed 3 Oct 2007
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Kazaa Altnet Download Manager - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16496remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
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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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.0% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- altnet-download-activex-bo(36929) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 38435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26970 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5197 (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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