Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-2221
Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the 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; or 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka the "Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability."
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: 0.349 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.349 · newest: 0.349 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 6, 6.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions sp1, sp2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1712 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1885 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/34404 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/500753 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-027 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23769 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33355 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)