CVE-2007-1090 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 17.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed WMF file, which triggers the crash when the user browses the folder.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 17.18% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows explorer |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows XP/2003 - Explorer '.WMF' File Handling Denial of Service | 2007-02-25 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/34490
- http://securityvulns.com/Qdocument170.html
- http://securityvulns.com/news/Microsoft/Windows/Explorer/DoS.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461373/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22715
- http://osvdb.org/34490
- http://securityvulns.com/Qdocument170.html
- http://securityvulns.com/news/Microsoft/Windows/Explorer/DoS.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461373/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22715
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