CVE-2007-4226

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-08-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4226 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.99%, 91th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4226

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30454 exploit_db edb 2007-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4226

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 2026-03-27 5.86% 6.99% +1.13%
2 2026-02-14 7.49% 5.86% -1.63%
3 2026-02-06 — 7.49% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4226

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4226

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4226

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bluecat_networks adonis 5.0.2.8 cpe:2.3:h:bluecat_networks:adonis:5.0.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4226

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