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CVE-2007-0159

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 2.02%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-01-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2007-0159
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
2.02%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the GeoIP_update_database_general function in libGeoIP/GeoIPUpdate.c in GeoIP 1.4.0 allows remote malicious update servers (possibly only update.maxmind.com) to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the database filename, which is returned by a request to app/update_getfilename.