MLDonkey before 2.9.0 does not load certain code from $MLDONKEY/web_infos/ before the network modules become active, which allows remote attackers to bypass the IP blocklist.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4100 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-19 | 0.58% | 1.30% | +0.72% |
| 2 | 2025-10-15 | 0.40% | 0.58% | +0.18% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.40% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-4100 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mldonkey), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4100 |