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CVE-2007-4226

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 3.77%

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

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2007-4226
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
3.77%

Original NVD Description

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.