CVE-2007-1090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-02-26

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 61.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::::::::

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.61344.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Windows Explorer Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-26T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:43:22.564Z

Reserved: 2007-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1090

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-02-26T11:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1090

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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