Buffer overflow in Microsoft Message Queuing

CVE-2007-3039

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, Windows 2000 Professional SP4, and Windows XP SP2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an opnum 0x06 RPC call to port 2103. NOTE: this is remotely exploitable on Windows 2000 Server.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.691 (99.3th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2007-3039: held from 0.691 to 0.691.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.691 · newest: 0.691 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-3039?
CVE-2007-3039 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Message Queuing, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-12-12.
Is CVE-2007-3039 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.