CVE-2007-0159
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote malicious update servers (possibly only update.maxmind.com) to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0163)
- Published
- January 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0163 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- geoip / geoip
References
- http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/31618
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23906
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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