CVE-2007-5244
Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 37.5%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 Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long attach request on TCP port 3050 to the open_marker_file function.
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.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Borland InterBase open_marker_file() Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/misc/ib_open_marker_fileRank gooddisclosed 3 Oct 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Borland Interbase - 'open_marker_file()' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16840remote, linuxpublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- Borland Interbase 2007/2007 SP2 - 'open_marker_file' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10019remote, linuxpublished 3 Oct 2007Verified
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
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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)
- 37.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (9 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
9
- 25917 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://risesecurity.org/blog/entry/3/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1018772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3381 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- borland-multiple-functions-bo(36956) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://risesecurity.org/exploit/11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27058 (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-2007-5224 (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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