CVE-2007-1090

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1090

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29659 exploit_db edb 2007-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1090

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1090

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1090

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1090

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_explorer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1090

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