CVE-2007-0655 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the MicroWorld Agent service (MWAGENT.EXE) within MicroWorld Technologies eScan 8.0.671.1 and potentially other versions. Attackers, either remotely or locally, can exploit this by directly connecting to TCP port 2222 to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered extremely severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0671.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microworld_technologies:escan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.