CVE-2007-3701

N/A Unknown

Published: July 11, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/35970

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/26013

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2007-07-11_Tippingpoint_IPS_Signature_Evasion.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-07-003.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473311/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24855

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018361

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2490

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35336

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064550.html