CVE-2007-1689

Description

Buffer overflow in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control in ISLALERT.DLL for Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Internet Security 2004 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) Get and (2) Set functions.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 73.76% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory symantec.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1843	vdb entry
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.16.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23936	vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/36164	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018073	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25290	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/983953	third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34328	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468779/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1689?: CVE-2007-1689 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1689?: To fix CVE-2007-1689, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1689 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1689 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~74% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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