CVE-2007-4037

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Published Jul 27, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.244% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmer
http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100

History

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Subscriptions

Guidance Software Encase

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 27, 2007, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:37 PM
Reserved: Jul 27, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 27, 2007, 10:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

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