CVE-2007-3898
The DNS server in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, uses predictable transaction IDs when querying other DNS…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 52.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The DNS server in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, uses predictable transaction IDs when querying other DNS servers, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS replies, poison the DNS cache, and facilitate further attack vectors.
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 Server 2000/2003 - Recursive DNS Spoofing (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30635remote, windowspublished 13 Nov 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 - Recursive DNS Spoofing (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30636remote, windowspublished 13 Nov 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
- 4 months later
· 4 months 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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 52.3% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- http://www.trusteer.com/docs/windowsdns.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 3373 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- MS07-062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 27584 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBST02291 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- TA07-317A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.scanit.be/advisory-2007-11-14.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071114 Predictable DNS transaction IDs in Microsoft DNS Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#484649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 25919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4395 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20071113 After 6 months - fix available for Microsoft DNS cache poisoning attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- win-dns-spoof-information-disclosure(36805) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1018942 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2007-3882 (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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