Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2007-0942
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; and possibly 7 on Windows Vista does not properly "instantiate certain COM objects as ActiveX controls," which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM object from chtskdic.dll.
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: 0.322 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.322 · newest: 0.322 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0.1, 6.0, 7.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions sp1, sp2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1939 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1712 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/34399 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33252 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-027 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23769 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)