# CVE-2007-6017: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause browser crashes or overwrite arbitrary files via unsafe ActiveX control properties in Symantec Backup Exec.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Feb 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jx2v-j353-9rr5

## What is CVE-2007-6017?

CVE-2007-6017 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The PVATLCalendar.PVCalendar.1 ActiveX control in pvcalendar.ocx in the scheduler component in the Media Server in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server (BEWS) 11d 11.0.6235 and 11.0.7170, and 12.0 12.0.1364, exposes the unsafe Save method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash), or create or overwrite arbitrary files, via string values of the (1) _DOWText0, (2) _DOWText1, (3) _DOWText2, (4) _DOWText3, (5) _DOWText4, (6) _DOWText5, (7) _DOWText6, (8) _MonthText0, (9) _MonthText1, (10) _MonthText2, (11) _MonthText3, (12) _MonthText4, (13) _MonthText5, (14) _MonthText6, (15) _MonthText7, (16) _MonthText8, (17) _MonthText9, (18) _MonthText10, and (19) _MonthText11 properties. NOTE: the vendor states "Authenticated user involvement required," but authentication is not needed to attack a client machine that loads this control.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6017?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5407/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2007-6016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6016/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-5408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5408/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6017 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6017/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6017

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