CVE-2007-2246

Unspecified vulnerability in HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11, when running sendmail 8.9.3 or 8.11.1; and HP-UX B.11.23 when running sendmail 8.11.1; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: due to the lack of details from HP, it is not known whether this issue is a duplicate of another CVE such as CVE-2006-1173 or CVE-2006-4434.

Published: 2007-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2246 is rated Moderate Risk (61.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.60%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2246

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 2025-12-12 2.50% 2.60% +0.10%
2 2025-09-01 2.27% 2.50% +0.23%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.27% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2246

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2246

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2246

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2246

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