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TI-2007-01058 Aliases CVE-2007-1090GHSA-5c88-gh58-q9pf

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers…

Priority MEDIUM 48Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed WMF file, which triggers the crash when the user browses the folder.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.17175 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-1090
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c88-gh58-q9pf

References

Other 3

  • TI-2007-01292 Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 SP4 FR and XP SP2 FR, and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-1999-00917 Buffer overflow in the HTML library used by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-02004 Web View in Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2005-00894 Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer in Windows 2000 SP1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-06346 explorer.exe in Windows Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2007-00549 Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.0.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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