CVE-2007-1212

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2; and Vista allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image format file.

Published: 2007-04-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1212 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). Core evidence: 3 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-2007-1212

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3804 exploit_db edb 2007-04-26 Exploit-DB ↗
3755 exploit_db edb 2007-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
3688 exploit_db edb 2007-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1212

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 2026-06-15 1.80% 2.13% +0.32%
2 2026-01-13 1.86% 1.80% -0.06%
3 2025-12-28 1.86%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1212

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
2.7 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1212

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1212

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server gold cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server gold cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server gold cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1212

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