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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1090 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 61.34%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29659 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-02-25 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-10-15 | 60.99% | 61.34% | +0.35% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 58.17% | 60.99% | +2.83% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 58.17% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_explorer | — | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |