CVE-2007-0870

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994, CVE-2006-6456, CVE-2006-6561, and CVE-2007-0515, a variant of Exploit-MS06-027.

Published: 2007-02-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0870 is rated High Risk (65.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 57.79%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0870

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 2025-09-30 57.42% 57.79% +0.37%
2 2025-08-29 63.92% 57.42% -6.50%
3 2025-03-30 63.92%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0870

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0870

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0870

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0870

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0370.html
http://osvdb.org/33196
http://secunia.com/advisories/24122
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=199
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=206
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332404 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/933052.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22567
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017653
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0607
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32503
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1860
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