CVE-2007-5587

Exp

Buffer overflow in Macrovision SafeDisc secdrv.sys before 4.3.86.0, as shipped in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64 and x64 SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 x64 and x64 SP2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted argument to a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL, as originally discovered in the wild.

Published: 2007-10-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5587 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Core evidence: 2 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-2007-5587

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30680 exploit_db edb 2007-10-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5587

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 2025-12-17 0.14% 0.15% +0.02%
2 2025-12-15 0.15% 0.14% -0.02%
3 2025-12-12 0.15%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5587

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
macrovision safedisc cpe:2.3:a:macrovision:safedisc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5587

URL Tags
http://blog.48bits.com/?p=172 Exploit
http://osvdb.org/41429
http://secunia.com/advisories/27285
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3266
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/944653.mspx
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=43&Itemid=15
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482474/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482482/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485268/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26121
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018833
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/10/privilege_escalation_exploit_i.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-345A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3537
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37284
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4584
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