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CVE-2007-5244· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allow

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long attach request on TCP port 3050 to the open_marker_file function.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Oct 6, 2007
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
37.5% · 98th percentile
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Action score

48

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
11 / 30 · 37.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
borland softwareinterbase

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • borland software interbaseli_8.0.0.253
  • borland software interbaseli_8.0.0.53
  • borland software interbaseli_8.0.0.54

Same product

borland software: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-3566Stack-based buffer overflow in the database service (ibserver.exe) in Borland InterBase 2007 before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute a
    50Plan
  • CVE-2007-5243Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253, and WI 5.1.1.680 through 8.1.0.257, allow remote a
    49Plan
  • 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 admin
    31Monitor
  • 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 (I
    28Monitor
  • 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" temporar
    28Monitor

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 ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-07-03
Exploit-DB entryremote2007-10-03
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/misc/ib_open_marker_fileBorland InterBase open_marker_file() Buffer Overflowexploit2007-10-03

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-4 d
  2. Metasploit-4 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+6934 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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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

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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