RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-0218
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain COM objects from Urlmon.dll, which triggers memory corruption during a call to the IObjectSafety function.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.311 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.311 · newest: 0.311 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 6, 7.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions sp1, sp2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/35348 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25627 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24372 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1084 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32106 (vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)