CVE-2007-1206The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2;…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2; and Windows Vista before June 2006; uses insecure permissions (PAGE_READWRITE) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 39 days later
· 39 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)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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
References12
- HPSBST02208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 23367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34011 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1639 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS07-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#337953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070410 EEYE: Windows VDM Zero Page Race Condition Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA07-100A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2007-1203 (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-2007-1206)Record last updated .