CVE-2007-1644

Exp

The dynamic DNS update mechanism in the DNS Server service on Microsoft Windows does not properly authenticate clients in certain deployments or configurations, which allows remote attackers to change DNS records for a web proxy server and conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks on web traffic, conduct pharming attacks by poisoning DNS records, and cause a denial of service (erroneous name resolution).

Published: 2007-03-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1644 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 32.56%, 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.

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-2007-1644

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3544 exploit_db edb 2007-03-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1644

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 31.68% 32.56% +0.88%
2 2025-11-10 31.32% 31.68% +0.36%
3 2025-03-30 31.32%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1644

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1644

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1644

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft all_windows abstract_cpe cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:all_windows:abstract_cpe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1644

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