CVE-2007-4963 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual truncation vulnerability in WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof a destination filename via a long sequence of space characters in a filename within a (1) .IMG or (2) .ISO file. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a separate directory traversal vulnerability to trick a careful user into overwriting arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00434.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:winimage:winimage:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:winimage:winimage:8.10:::::::*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Winimage Subscribe	Winimage Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4944	Visual truncation vulnerability in WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof a destination filename via a long sequence of space characters in a filename within a (1) .IMG or (2) .ISO file. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a separate directory traversal vulnerability to trick a careful user into overwriting arbitrary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45948
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3140
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479695/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479872/100/100/threaded

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-18T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.832Z

Reserved: 2007-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4963

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-18T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4963

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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