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CVE-2007-5909

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK before 9.2.0.12, as used by ActivePDF DocConverter, IBM Lotus Notes before 7.0.3, Symantec Mail Security, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) AG file to kpagrdr.dll, (2) AW file to awsr.dll, (3) DLL or (4) EXE file to exesr.dll, (5) DOC file to mwsr.dll, (6) MIF file to mifsr.dll, (7) SAM file to lasr.dll, or (8) RTF file to rtfsr.dll. NOTE: the WPD (wp6sr.dll) vector is covered by CVE-2007-5910.

Affected products

• activePDF Docconverter: 3.8.2_.5
• Autonomy Keyview Export Sdk: through 9.2.0
• Autonomy Keyview Filter Sdk: through 9.2.0
• Autonomy Keyview Viewer Sdk: through 9.2.0
• IBM Lotus Notes: through 7.0.2
• Symantec Mail Security: 5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.0.24, 5.0.1, 7.5

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27304
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3357
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.01c.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018853
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018886
• http://vuln.sg/lotusnotes702-en.html
• http://vuln.sg/lotusnotes702doc-en.html
• http://vuln.sg/lotusnotes702mif-en.html
• http://vuln.sg/lotusnotes702sam-en.html
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21271111
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21272836
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482664

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