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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2007-5217 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ADM4 ActiveX control in adm4.dll in Altnet Download Manager 4.0.0.6, as used in (1) Kazaa 3.2.7 and (2)…

published 2007-10-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5197

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
30.0%
EPSS 30.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ADM4 ActiveX control in adm4.dll in Altnet Download Manager 4.0.0.6, as used in (1) Kazaa 3.2.7 and (2) Grokster, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Install method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/kazaa_altnet_heap)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

29.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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