CVE-2007-4915

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Published Sep 17, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 68.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Intersil isl3893 extensions for Boa 0.93.15, as used on the FreeLan RO80211G-AP and other devices, do not prevent stack writes from entering memory locations used for string constants, which allows remote attackers to change the admin password stored in memory via a long username in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa_webserver:0.93.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 68.2% (68.168% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542

History

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Subscriptions

Boa Boa Webserver

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 17, 2007, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM
Reserved: Sep 17, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 17, 2007, 5:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM

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