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    CVE-2007-5825

    Format string vulnerability in the ws_addarg function in webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) password portion of base64-encoded data on the "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header line.

    Published:Nov 5, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 5, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.05375
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Firefly
    Product
    Media Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483209/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483214/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26310
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38243
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483209/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483214/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26310
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38243

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High