CVE-2007-1669

AMaViS < 2.4.1 - Denial of Service via ZOO Archive Direntry Structure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-1669. PoCs published by Jean-Sébastien.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed ZOO archive file that triggers an infinite loop during decompression, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). The PoC constructs a ZOO header and directory entry with specific values to exploit the vulnerability.

Description

zoo decoder 2.10 (zoo-2.10), as used in multiple products including (1) Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.4 and later with virusdef before 2.0.6399, (2) Spam Firewall before 3.4 20070319 with virusdef before 2.0.6399o, and (3) AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jean-Sébastien · cdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3851

This exploit generates a malformed ZOO archive file that triggers an infinite loop during decompression, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). The PoC constructs a ZOO header and directory entry with specific values to exploit the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Multiple vendors ZOO file decompression utilities (versions prior to the fix for CVE-2007-1669)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver the malformed ZOO file to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-2.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vim
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001725.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25315
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25122
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/35795
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1699
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680

Scores

EPSS 0.1218
EPSS Percentile 95.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
amavis/amavis < 2.4.1
Published May 09, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026