$ cve CVE-2007-1211 JSON

CVE-2007-1211 EXPLOIT

7.1

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 29.1% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly persistent restart) via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) image that causes an invalid dereference of an offset in a kernel structure, a related issue to CVE-2005-4560.

Scoring

CVSS	7.1 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS	29.07% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-399
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2007-04-04
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows 2003 server
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - '.ani' GDI Remote Privilege Escalation (MS07-017)	2007-04-26
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (2)	2007-04-17
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (1)	2007-04-08

References

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