CVE-2007-3898

Exp

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, uses predictable transaction IDs when querying other DNS servers, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS replies, poison the DNS cache, and facilitate further attack vectors.

Published: 2007-11-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-3898 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.37%, 99th percentile). 3 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-2007-3898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30636 exploit_db edb 2007-11-13 Exploit-DB ↗
30635 exploit_db edb 2007-11-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3898

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 2026-03-22 86.20% 86.37% +0.17%
2 2026-02-19 83.31% 86.20% +2.90%
3 2025-12-28 — 83.31% —

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3898

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:gold:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:gold:datacenter_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:gold:srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:datacenter_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:datacenter_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:datacenter_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:datacenter_srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:srv:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:gold:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:gold:std:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:gold:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:gold:x64-std:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:std:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:std:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2003 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2003 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2003 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3898

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27584 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3373
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/484649 US Government Resource
http://www.scanit.be/advisory-2007-11-14.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483635/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483698/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484186/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25919 Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018942
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/windowsdns.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-317A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3848
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-062
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36805
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4395
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