CVE-2007-4243

Unspecified vulnerability in pfilter-reporter.pl in Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain network traffic, as demonstrated by P2P and iTunes applications that download large amounts of data.

Published: 2007-08-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4243 is rated Moderate Risk (62.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.33%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4243

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 6.49% 6.33% -0.16%
2 2026-02-06 6.02% 6.49% +0.47%
3 2025-09-02 6.02%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
astaro security_gateway 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.001 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.002 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.003 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.004 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.005 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway 7.006 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway:7.006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4243

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