CVE-2007-4549

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in ALPass 2.7 English and 3.02 Korean allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ALPass DB (APW) file containing (1) a long file-key or (2) a "Site Information and Folder entry" with a ciphertext_length value much larger than the plaintext_length value.

Published: 2007-08-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4549 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.96%, 91th percentile). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4549

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4549

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 2026-06-15 8.35% 4.96% -3.39%
2 2026-06-08 6.90% 8.35% +1.45%
3 2026-05-30 6.90%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4549

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4549

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4549

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
altools alpass 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:2.7:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
altools alpass 3.02 cpe:2.3:a:altools:alpass:3.02:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4549

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26616 Third Party Advisory
http://vuln.sg/alpass27-en.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25435 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36235 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36257 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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