MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-1204

Windows Xp vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
8.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers on the same subnet to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers in request or notification messages, which trigger memory corruption.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Xp
CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2007-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-1204

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Xp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-1204.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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