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CVE-2007-3701

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

TippingPoint IPS before 20070710 does not properly handle a hex-encoded alternate Unicode '/' (slash) character, which might allow remote attackers to send certain network traffic and avoid detection, as demonstrated by a cmd.exe attack.

Affected products

• 3Com Tippingpoint Ips Tos: 2.1, 2.1.4.6324, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.1.6506, 2.2.2 (+4)
• Tippingpoint Tipping Point: 50, 200, 200e, 400, 600e, 1200 (+7)

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html
• http://osvdb.org/35970
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26013
• http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf
• http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473311/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24855
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018361
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2490
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35336
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html
• http://osvdb.org/35970

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