CVE-2007-2221
Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 34.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; or 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka the "Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability."
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.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Arbitrary File Rewrite (MS07-027) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3892remote, windowspublished 10 May 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
- 14 days later
· 14 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.9% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- HPSBST02214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1018019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#500753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS07-027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 23769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ie-msdauth-code-execution(33355) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA07-128A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23827 (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-2007-2216 (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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