Vulnerability in Office Ocx Word Viewer
CVE-2007-2496
The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Office Ocx Word Viewer — versions 3.2.0.5
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1634 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/34334 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23784 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25100 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34027 (vdb-entry)
- moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-03-wordviewerocx-32-multiple_03.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-2496?
- CVE-2007-2496 is a vulnerability in Office Ocx Word Viewer. Published 2007-05-04.
- Is CVE-2007-2496 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.