CVE-2007-5446 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability within the PBEmail 7 ActiveX Edition (PBEmail7Ax.dll) from Perfection Bytes. This flaw allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on a vulnerable system by specifying a full pathname in the XmlFilePath argument of the SaveSenderToXml method. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial data integrity and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perfection_bytes:pbemail:7.0:*:activex_edition:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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