CVE-2007-6026 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 28.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft msjet40.dll 4.0.8618.0 (aka Microsoft Jet Engine), as used by Access 2003 in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MDB file database file containing a column structure with a modified column count. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-0944.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 28.27% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-11-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | jet |
| microsoft | office |
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows nt |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Jet Engine - '.MDB' File Parsing Stack Overflow | 2007-11-16 |
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-04
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058531.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
- http://ruder.cdut.net/blogview.asp?logID=227
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3376
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936529
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483858/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483887/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483888/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492019/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26468
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28398
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018976
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-028
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38499
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5578
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-04
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058531.html
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