CVE-2007-4226
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in the BlueCat Networks Proteus IPAM appliance 2.0.2.0 (Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8) allows remote authenticated administrators, with certain TFTP privileges, to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by overwriting /etc/shadow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4209)
- Published
- August 8, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4209 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bluecat networks / adonis
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118669433531027&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/39397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26354
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2986
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018521(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475667/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25214(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2840
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35807
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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