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CVE-2007-0042

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
10/07/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Interpretation conflict in ASP.NET in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to access configuration files and obtain sensitive information, and possibly bypass security mechanisms that try to constrain the final substring of a string, via %00 characters, related to use of %00 as a string terminator within POSIX functions but a data character within .NET strings, aka "Null Byte Termination Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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