CVE-2007-5493 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide the sender field of an SMS message via a malformed WAP PUSH message that causes the PDU to be incorrectly decoded.

Published: 2007-10-18

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 25.6% Moderate

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_mobile:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.25621.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45517
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018832
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482446/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26091
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-011.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37249

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Mobile

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:31:59.200Z

Reserved: 2007-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5493

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-18T00:17:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-5493

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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