HIGH
TippingPoint 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
Published Jul 11, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.48%
Description
TippingPoint 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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 50
- 200
- 200e
- 400
- 600e
- 1200
- 1200e
- 2400e
- 5000e
- sms
- x505
- x506
- zpha
- 2.1
- 2.1.4.6324
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1.6506
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.48% 0.08482
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08482
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.48% (0.08482) | 94.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.48% (0.08482) | 94.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 9.68% (0.09684) | 92.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.58% (0.08582) | 91.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.25% (0.04245) | 92.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2024 | 10.70% (0.10696) | 95.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2024 | 11.85% (0.11850) | 95.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2024 | 11.48% (0.11484) | 95.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 11.83% (0.11826) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 12.06% (0.12059) | 94.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://osvdb.org/35970 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26013 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473311/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24855 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018361 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2490 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35336 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/35970 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26013 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473311/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24855 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018361 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2490 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35336 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 11, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3701
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a