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CVE-2007-1090

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (cr

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.61344
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft windows explorerall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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dosMicrosoft Windows XP/2003 - Explorer '.WMF' File Handling Denial of Serviceverified
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Scoring & Timeline

7.1
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD26 Feb 2007 · 11:28 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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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