CVE-2007-4037
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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references (14)
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- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmerenisa_euvd
- http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100enisa_euvd
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmernvd
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