CVE-2007-4915
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 68.2%EU EUVD
The Intersil isl3893 extensions for Boa 0.93.15, as used on the FreeLan RO80211G-AP and other devices, do not prevent stack writes from entering memory locations used for string constants, which allows remote attackers to change the admin password stored in memory via a long username in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 68.2% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4896)
- Published
- September 17, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4896 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- boa / boa webserver
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
- http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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