CVE-2007-4915

critical

Description

The Intersil isl3893 extensions for Boa 0.93.15, as used on the FreeLan RO80211G-AP and other devices, do not prevent stack writes from entering memory locations used for string constants, which allows remote attackers to change the admin password stored in memory via a long username in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded

http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt

http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt

http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.67649