CVE-2007-1912

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

11.5%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted .HLP file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

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

Published

2007-04-10

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 confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.5% 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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