THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5107
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5107

Ask Toolbar vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
35.9%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.
Affected vendor
Ask.Com
Affected product
Ask Toolbar
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2007-09-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 35.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5107

  • Confirm whether Ask.Com Ask Toolbar is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5107.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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