CVE-2007-4915 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 68.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Intersil isl3893 extensions for Boa 0.93.15, as used on the FreeLan RO80211G-AP and other devices, do not prevent stack writes from entering memory locations used for string constants, which allows remote attackers to change the admin password stored in memory via a long username in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 68.17% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-09-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| boa | boa webserver |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Boa 0.93.15 - HTTP Basic Authentication Bypass | 2007-10-16 |
| exploit-db | Boa 0.93.15 - Administrator Password Overwrite Authentication Bypass | 2007-09-14 |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
- http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
- http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542
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