CVE-2007-4962

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2007-4962 · Published 18/09/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4962 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting winimage (winimage).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.0%, higher than 93.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
winimage winimage	`= 8.0= 8.10`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a filename within a (1) .IMG or (2) .ISO file. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

References

osvdb.org/40550
secunia.com/advisories/26832 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/3140
securityfocus.com/archive/1/479695/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/25687 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36663

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