CVE-2007-1531
Microsoft Windows XP and Vista overwrites ARP table entries included in gratuitous ARP, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 23.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Windows XP and Vista overwrites ARP table entries included in gratuitous ARP, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of network access) by sending a gratuitous ARP for the address of the Vista host.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows Vista - Forged ARP packet Network Stack Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3926dos, windowspublished 15 May 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows Vista - ARP Table Entries Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29813dos, windowspublished 2 Apr 2004Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.5% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/Vista_Network_Attack_Surface_RTM.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070313 New report on Windows Vista network attack surface (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070403 Nine Vista CVEs, including Microsoft inaccurate Teredo use case documentation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/04/microsofts_inaccurate_teredo_d.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2007-1525 (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-2007-1531)Record last updated .