National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5265
Original release date:10/08/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in websrv.cpp in Dawn of Time 1.69s beta4 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) password fields when accessing certain "restricted zones", which are not properly handled by the (a) processWebHeader and (b) filterWebRequest functions.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 25944
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071005 Format string in The Dawn of Time 1.69s beta4
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27083
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://forums.dawnoftime.org/viewtopic.php?t=2102
External Source: MISC
Name: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dawnfs-adv.txt
External Source: XF
Name: dawntime-httpauthentication-format-string(36973)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3418
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3201
