CVE-2007-2588

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the Office Viewer OCX ActiveX control (oa.ocx) 3.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) HttpDownloadFile, (2) Open, (3) OpenWebFile, (4) DoOleCommand, (5) FTPDownloadFile, (6) FTPUploadFile, (7) HttpUploadFile, (8) Save, or (9) SaveWebFile function.

Published: 2007-05-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2588 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.77%, 91th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2007-2588

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3845 exploit_db edb 2007-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2588

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 2025-12-26 6.53% 6.77% +0.25%
2 2025-03-30 4.86% 6.53% +1.67%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.86% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2588

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2588

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-2588

Impact: Failed exploit attempts will likely result in a browser-level denial of service condition.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
office_ocx office_viewer_ocx 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:office_ocx:office_viewer_ocx:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2588

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