Stack-based buffer overflow in the database service (ibserver.exe) in Borland InterBase 2007 before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute a
Stack-based buffer overflow in the database service (ibserver.exe) in Borland InterBase 2007 before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long size value in a create request to port 3050/tcp.
- Published
- Jul 26, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 66.1% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
50
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 20 / 30 · 66.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| borland software | interbase | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- borland software interbase2007
Same product
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- CVE-2007-5244Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allow48Plan
- CVE-2001-0008Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures.44Plan
- CVE-2004-1833The admin.ib file in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux has default world writable permissions, which allows local users to gain database admin31Monitor
- CVE-2003-0197Buffer overflow gds_lock_mgr of Interbase Database 6.x allows local users to gain privileges via a long ISC_LOCK_ENV environment variable (I28Monitor
- CVE-2002-1514gds_lock_mgr in Borland InterBase allows local users to overwrite files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on a "isc_init1.X" temporar28Monitor
Remediation
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
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Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2010-06-15 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/windows/misc/borland_interbaseBorland Interbase Create-Request Buffer Overflowexploit | 2007-07-24 |
Research context
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Timeline
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- Metasploit-3 d
- Published
- First PoC+1054 d
- TodaySep 30, 2026+7006 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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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
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-07-13
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2007/07/24/step-by-step-of-how-tpti-07-013-was-discovered
- osvdb.org/38602
- secunia.com/advisories/26189
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2929
- www.codegear.com/downloads/regusers/interbase
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474561/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25048
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018451
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2642
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35574
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.