CVE-2007-2885

Exp

The NotSafe function in the MSVDTDatabaseDesigner7 ActiveX control in VDT70.DLL in Microsoft Visual Database Tools (MSVDT) Database Designer 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 6 crash) via a long argument.

Published: 2007-05-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2885 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.41%, 95th 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-2007-2885

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2885

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 12.47% 9.41% -3.05%
2 2026-03-10 10.40% 12.47% +2.07%
3 2026-01-16 10.40%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2885

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2885

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2885

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_database_tools_database_designer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_database_tools_database_designer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2885

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