CVE-2007-2496

Exp

The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value.

Published: 2007-05-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2496 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2496

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3836 exploit_db edb 2007-05-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2496

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 7.36% 3.83% -3.53%
2 2026-02-05 6.21% 7.36% +1.15%
3 2025-12-21 — 6.21% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2496

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-2007-2496

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2496

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
office_ocx word_viewer_ocx 3.2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:office_ocx:word_viewer_ocx:3.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2496

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