CVE-2007-2238
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent…
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- certcc
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) before 3.7 SP2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) CheckForUpdates or (2) UpdateComponents methods.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/mswhale_checkforupdatesRank normaldisclosed 15 Apr 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16608remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
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 certcc
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 45.5% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- VU#789121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34725 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- iag-activex-bo(49888) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-2233 (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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