CVE-2007-3701

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3701
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-11 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionTippingPoint IPS before 20070710 does not properly handle a hex-encoded alternate Unicode '/' (slash) character, which might allow remote attackers to send certain network traffic and avoid detection, as demonstrated by a cmd.exe attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.1 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.1.4.6324 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2.1.6506 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.5 All All All
Operating System 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos 2.5.1 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 1200 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 1200e All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 200 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 200e All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 2400e All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 400 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 50 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 5000e All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point 600e All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point sms All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point x505 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point x506 All All All
Application Tippingpoint Tipping Point zpha All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System Alternate Unicode Character Encodings Lets Remote Users Evade Detection - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
3Com TippingPoint IPS Extended Unicode Detection Bypass - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
TippingPoint IPS Unicode Character Detection Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/35970 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Risks in POS Systems: The Importance of a Security Assessment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-assessment.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
3Com Security Alert: 3COM-07-003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.3com.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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