THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-2494
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2494

Powerpoint Viewer Ocx vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control in PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) Save, (6) SaveWebFile, (7) HttpDownloadFile, (8) Open, or (9) OpenWebFile property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Office Ocx
Affected product
Powerpoint Viewer Ocx
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2007-05-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low 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 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2494

  • Confirm whether Office Ocx Powerpoint Viewer Ocx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2494.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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