CVE-2007-0562

Windows Explorer vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

13.0%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.0.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .avi file, which triggers the crash when the user right clicks on the file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Explorer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2007-01-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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