Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4226
CVE-2007-4226
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the BlueCat Networks Proteus IPAM appliance 2.0.2.0 (Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8) allows remote authenticated administrators, with certain TFTP privileges, to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by overwriting /etc/shadow.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:h:bluecat_networks:adonis:5.0.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 2.0.2.0
- Range: 5.0.2.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- securitytracker.com/idnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25214nvdExploit
- marc.infonvd
- osvdb.org/39397nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26354nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2986nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475667/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2840nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35807nvd
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