PT-2007-3921 · Ipswitch · Ipswitch Whatsup Gold

Published 2007-05-11 · Updated 2024-08-27 · CVE-2007-2602

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold version 11

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long MIB filename argument in MIBEXTRA.EXE. This can happen when MIBEXTRA.EXE is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments.

Recommendations For Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold version 11, consider restricting access to MIBEXTRA.EXE to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using long MIB filename arguments until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2602

Affected Products

Ipswitch Whatsup Gold

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2602 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/92355 · Telegram Post
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2708 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/468070/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/36217 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2602 · Note