CVE-2007-2359

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Ghost Service Manager, as used in Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, allows local users to gain privileges via a long string.

Affected products

Symantec Backupexec System Recovery: 6.5, 6.52, 6.52a, 6.53
Symantec Livestate Recovery: 6.0, 6.01, 6.02
Symantec Norton Ghost: 10.0, 10.01
Symantec Norton Save And Recovery: 1.01, 1.01b, 11.0, 11.01, 11.01b

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=519
http://secunia.com/advisories/25013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017971
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04.26.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1552
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33931
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=519
http://secunia.com/advisories/25013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017971
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04.26.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1552
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33931

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