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CVE-2007-3955 (GCVE-0-2007-3955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:37
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the IEToolbar.IEContextMenu.1 ActiveX control in LinkedInIEToolbar.dll in the LinkedIn Toolbar 3.0.2.1098 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long second argument (varBrowser argument) to the search method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vdalabs.com/tools/linkedin.html x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/37696 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/26181 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25032 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4217 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2620 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2007-07-24 00:00
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