Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a corrupted Microsoft Exchange database,
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a corrupted Microsoft Exchange database, which triggers an application crash when many options are selected; (2) a corrupted NTFS filesystem, which causes the application to report "memory allocation errors;" or (3) deeply nested directories, which trigger an application crash during an Expand All action. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these vectors because the user can select fewer options, there is no operational impact, or the user can do less expansion
- Published
- Jul 27, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 72th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| guidance software | encase | cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- guidance software encaseall versions
Same product
guidance software: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-4201Guidance Software EnCase 6.2 and 6.5 does not properly handle a volume with more than 25 partitions, which might allow remote attackers to p21Monitor
- CVE-2007-4035Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attacker21Monitor
- CVE-2007-4194Guidance Software EnCase 5.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) and possibly have17Monitor
- CVE-2007-4202Guidance Software EnCase Enterprise Edition (EEE) 6 does not properly verify the identity of the acquisition target during communication wit17Monitor
- CVE-2007-4037Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem 17Monitor
- CVE-2005-1578EnCase Forensic Edition 4.18a does not support Device Configuration Overlays (DCO), which allows attackers to hide information without detec8Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
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Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmer
- www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.