CVE-2007-5740
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…
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- mitre
Description
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.
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
- Perdition 1.17 - IMAPD __STR_VWRITE Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30724dos, linuxpublished 31 Oct 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)
- 12.4% · top 3.8% 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 (11)
- 27520 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- DSA-1398 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 27458 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- perdition-imap-strvwrite-format-string(38184) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format StringVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26270 (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-2007-5711 (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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