{"id":"CVE-2007-4035","aliases":["EUVD-2007-4019","GHSA-qcpq-h4fr-87ch"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED **  Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR...","description":"Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attackers to prevent logical collection of a disk image; (2) NTFS filesystems with directory loops, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of certain directory contents; and (3) certain other malformed NTFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of corrupted records. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these issues, because physical collection can be used instead, because the vendor believes that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt an MBR or a filesystem, and because detection of a loop is valuable on its own","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.02202,"percentile":0.82644,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2007-07-27T22:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:43:16Z","products":[{"vendor":"guidance_software","product":"encase"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmer","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4035"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcpq-h4fr-87ch"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-4035","description":"Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attackers to prevent logical collection of a disk image; (2) NTFS filesystems with directory loops, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of certain directory contents; and (3) certain other malformed NTFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of corrupted records. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these issues, because physical collection can be used instead, because the vendor believes that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt an MBR or a filesystem, and because detection of a loop is valuable on its own","status":"disputed","published":"2007-07-27T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T14:37:06.01Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:33:41.472948Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-4019","description":"Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attackers to prevent logical collection of a disk image; (2) NTFS filesystems with directory loops, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of certain directory contents; and (3) certain other malformed NTFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of corrupted records. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these issues, because physical collection can be used instead, because the vendor believes that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt an MBR or a filesystem, and because detection of a loop is valuable on its own","status":"published","published":"2007-07-27T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T14:37:06Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:16:23.468985Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qcpq-h4fr-87ch","title":"** DISPUTED **  Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR...","description":"** DISPUTED **  Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attackers to prevent logical collection of a disk image; (2) NTFS filesystems with directory loops, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of certain directory contents; and (3) certain other malformed NTFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of corrupted records. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these issues, because physical collection can be used instead, because the vendor believes that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt an MBR or a filesystem, and because detection of a loop is valuable on its own.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T18:19:46Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:04:15Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:38.150318Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-4035","description":"Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition tables with many entries, which allows remote attackers to prevent logical collection of a disk image; (2) NTFS filesystems with directory loops, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of certain directory contents; and (3) certain other malformed NTFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to prevent examination of corrupted records. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of these issues, because physical collection can be used instead, because the vendor believes that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt an MBR or a filesystem, and because detection of a loop is valuable on its own","status":"disputed","published":"2007-07-27T22:30:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:43:16.85Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:17.964611Z"}]}}