CVE-2007-3701
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD
TippingPoint IPS before 20070710 does not properly handle a hex-encoded alternate Unicode '/' (slash) character, which might allow remote attackers to send certain network traffic and avoid detection, as demonstrated by a cmd.exe attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3685)
- Published
- July 11, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
- tippingpoint / tipping point
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html
- http://osvdb.org/35970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26013
- http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473311/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24855(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018361
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2490
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35336
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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