HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-6009

Photo Editor vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in ACD products allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long section string in a (1) XBM or (2) XPM file to (a) ID_X.apl or (b) IDE_ACDStd.apl. NOTE: the PSP and LHA vectors are already covered by CVE-2007-4344 and CVE-2007-6007. NOTE: these might be integer overflows rather than buffer overflows.
Affected vendor
Acdsee
Affected product
Photo Editor
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
2007-11-15

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 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-6009

  • Confirm whether Acdsee Photo Editor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-6009.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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