PT-2007-5245 · Guidance · Encase

Published 2007-07-27 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2007-4037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Guidance Software EnCase (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. The vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4037

Affected Products

Encase

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4037 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmer · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25100 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89688 · Telegram Post
• http://isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threaded · Note