CVE-2007-0217
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 59.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP server response of a specific length that causes a terminating null byte to be written outside of a buffer, which causes heap corruption.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - FTP Server Response Denial of Service (MS07-016) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3444dos, windowspublished 9 Mar 2007Verified
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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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 59.2% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- 20070213 Microsoft 'wininet.dll' FTP Reply Null Termination Heap Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 31892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 22489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#613564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017642 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24156 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS07-016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20070309 MS07-016 FTP Response DOS PoC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2007-0219 (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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