CVE-2007-1211
Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 29.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly persistent restart) via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) image that causes an invalid dereference of an offset in a kernel structure, a related issue to CVE-2005-4560.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - '.ani' GDI Remote Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3804remote, windowspublished 26 Apr 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3755local, windowspublished 17 Apr 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3688local, windowspublished 8 Apr 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 33 days later
· 33 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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.9% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- ADV-2007-1215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- HPSBST02206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- win-wmf-dos(33258) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070403 Microsoft Windows WMF Triggerable Kernel Design Error DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- MS07-017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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-2007-1208 (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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