CVE-2007-2359: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2007-2359: Buffer overflow in Ghost Service Manager, as used in Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveSta...

Buffer overflow in Ghost Service Manager, as used in Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, allows local users to gain privileges via a long string.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 7, 2024, 13:33 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is a 2007 local privilege-escalation flaw in Symantec Ghost Service Manager used by Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery. A local user could trigger a buffer overflow with an overly long string and gain higher privileges. It matters mainly where these legacy products still exist on endpoints or backup/recovery servers. Likely exposure is legacy-only: systems still running the named Symantec products in versions before 20070426. Modern environments are exposed only if old endpoint images, recovery servers, or unsupported backup software remain installed. Treat as a targeted legacy-risk cleanup item, not an emergency internet-wide issue. Prioritize backup and recovery hosts because privilege escalation on those systems can increase operational and recovery impact. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems for the named Symantec legacy products.; Confirm versions are not older than the 20070426 fixed baseline.; Apply vendor guidance from Symantec where still available..

Prepared: Jun 29, 2026, 05:56 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2007-2359 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup

Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Apr 30, 2007, 22:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

0CVSS vectors

0Timeline events

0ADP providers

2Source links

CVSS and timeline data

No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.

Source materials

CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
symantec-backup-unspecified-bo(33931)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus

n/an/an/aListed

Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.