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CVE-2007-0211
The hardware detection functionality in the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Professional, and Server 2003 SP1 allows local…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The hardware detection functionality in the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Professional, and Server 2003 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via an unvalidated parameter to a function related to the "detection and registration of new hardware."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- ADV-2007-0575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#240796 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 24126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 22481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS07-006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 31890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0213 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-0211)Record last updated .