CVE-2007-4550

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Published Aug 28, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 4.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Format string vulnerability in ALPass 2.7 English and 3.02 Korean might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an fnm field in a folder-name record in an ALPASS DB (APW) file.

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:2.7:::en::::
	cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:3.02:::ko::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4533	Format string vulnerability in ALPass 2.7 English and 3.02 Korean might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an fnm field in a folder-name record in an ALPASS DB (APW) file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.5% (4.484% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/26616
http://vuln.sg/alpass27-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25435
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36256

History

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Subscriptions

Altools Alpass

Weaknesses

CWE-134

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:01 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 28, 2007, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:01 PM
Reserved: Aug 27, 2007, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 28, 2007, 12:17 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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