CVE-2007-1213
The TrueType Fonts rasterizer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted TrueType fonts, which result…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The TrueType Fonts rasterizer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted TrueType fonts, which result in an uninitialized function pointer.
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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (9 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
6
- ADV-2007-1215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- HPSBST02206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MS07-017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1017845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1797 (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-2007-1210 (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-2007-1213)Record last updated .