CVE-2007-0515

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on Word 2000, and cause a denial of service on Word 2003, via unknown attack vectors that trigger memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.Mdropper.W and later by Trojan.Mdropper.X, a different issue than CVE-2006-6456, CVE-2006-5994, and CVE-2006-6561.

Published: 2007-01-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0515 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.63%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-0515

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3260 exploit_db edb 2007-02-03 Exploit-DB ↗
29524 exploit_db edb 2007-01-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0515

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-29 81.38% 81.63% +0.25%
2 2025-11-06 79.92% 81.38% +1.46%
3 2025-09-14 79.92%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0515

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0515

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0515

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office xp cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word_viewer 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 2005 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 2006 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0515

URL Tags
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2133
http://osvdb.org/31900
http://secunia.com/advisories/23950 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017564
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412225 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932114.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22328
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/multiple_organizations_targett.html
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/new_microsoft_word_2000_vulner.html
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-013010-5422-99&tabid=2
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0350 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31834
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A528
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