CVE-2007-4226

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BlueCat Networks Proteus IPAM appliance 2.0.2.0 (Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8) allows remote authenticated administrators, with certain TFTP privileges, to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by overwriting /etc/shadow.

Affected products

Bluecat Networks Adonis: 5.0.2.8

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118669433531027&w=2
http://osvdb.org/39397
http://secunia.com/advisories/26354
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2986
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018521
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475667/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25214
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2840
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35807
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118669433531027&w=2
http://osvdb.org/39397
http://secunia.com/advisories/26354

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