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high 7.1

CVE-2007-1090 in the critical feed json

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malforme…

published 2007-02-26 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1087

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.2%
EPSS 17.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed WMF file, which triggers the crash when the user browses the folder.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29659)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29659 Microsoft Windows XP/2003 - Explorer '.WMF' File Handling Denial of Service dos, 2007-02-25

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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