GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

CVE-2007-5184 (GCVE-0-2007-5184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-03 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/27014 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://osvdb.org/41385 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?rele… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-09-29 00:00
Show details on NVD website

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T15:24:42.014Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "25871",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871"
          },
          {
            "name": "27014",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27014"
          },
          {
            "name": "ADV-2007-3311",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_VUPEN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311"
          },
          {
            "name": "4478",
            "tags": [
              "exploit",
              "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478"
          },
          {
            "name": "41385",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_OSVDB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://osvdb.org/41385"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c"
          },
          {
            "name": "smbftpd-smbdirlist-format-string(36893)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077"
          },
          {
            "name": "20071001 smbftpd 0.96 format string vulnerability",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2007-09-29T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2018-10-15T20:57:01.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "25871",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871"
        },
        {
          "name": "27014",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27014"
        },
        {
          "name": "ADV-2007-3311",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_VUPEN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311"
        },
        {
          "name": "4478",
          "tags": [
            "exploit",
            "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478"
        },
        {
          "name": "41385",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_OSVDB"
          ],
          "url": "http://osvdb.org/41385"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c"
        },
        {
          "name": "smbftpd-smbdirlist-format-string(36893)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077"
        },
        {
          "name": "20071001 smbftpd 0.96 format string vulnerability",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2007-5184",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "25871",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871"
            },
            {
              "name": "27014",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27014"
            },
            {
              "name": "ADV-2007-3311",
              "refsource": "VUPEN",
              "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311"
            },
            {
              "name": "4478",
              "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
              "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478"
            },
            {
              "name": "41385",
              "refsource": "OSVDB",
              "url": "http://osvdb.org/41385"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c"
            },
            {
              "name": "smbftpd-smbdirlist-format-string(36893)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077"
            },
            {
              "name": "20071001 smbftpd 0.96 format string vulnerability",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2007-5184",
    "datePublished": "2007-10-03T14:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2007-10-03T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T15:24:42.014Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2007-5184",
      "date": "2026-09-16",
      "epss": "0.12469",
      "percentile": "0.96004"
    },
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": "[{\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:smbftpd:smbftpd:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"E1C33014-3813-4167-BF22-1C89813B9C4F\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name.\"}, {\"lang\": \"es\", \"value\": \"Vulnerabilidad de cadena de formato en la funci\\u00f3n SMBDirList de dirlist.c en SmbFTPD 0.96 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\\u00f3digo de su elecci\\u00f3n mediante especificadores de cadena de formato en un nombre de directorio.\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2007-5184",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T00:37:20.153",
      "metrics": "{\"cvssMetricV2\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"2.0\", \"vectorString\": \"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\", \"baseScore\": 7.5, \"accessVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"accessComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"authentication\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"integrityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\"}, \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"exploitabilityScore\": 10.0, \"impactScore\": 6.4, \"acInsufInfo\": false, \"obtainAllPrivilege\": false, \"obtainUserPrivilege\": false, \"obtainOtherPrivilege\": true, \"userInteractionRequired\": false}]}",
      "published": "2007-10-03T14:17:00.000",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"http://osvdb.org/41385\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"http://secunia.com/advisories/27014\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Patch\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Exploit\", \"Patch\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\"}, {\"url\": \"http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"http://osvdb.org/41385\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"http://secunia.com/advisories/27014\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Patch\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Exploit\", \"Patch\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-134\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2007-5184\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2007-10-03T14:17:00.000\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-04-23T00:35:47.467\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Vulnerabilidad de cadena de formato en la funci\u00f3n SMBDirList de dirlist.c en SmbFTPD 0.96 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante especificadores de cadena de formato en un nombre de directorio.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\",\"baseScore\":7.5,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"exploitabilityScore\":10.0,\"impactScore\":6.4,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":true,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-134\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:smbftpd:smbftpd:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"E1C33014-3813-4167-BF22-1C89813B9C4F\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/41385\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/27014\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://debork.se/poc/001_smbftpd.c\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/41385\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/27014\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=543077\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481220/100/0/threaded\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25871\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3311\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36893\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4478\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}"
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


Loading…

Loading…

Loading…

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Loading…

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Loading…

Loading…

Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


Loading…