The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide…
Priority LOW 27CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide the sender field of an SMS message via a malformed WAP PUSH message that causes the PDU to be incorrectly decoded.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04178 90th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5493
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5whv-73m7-58qq
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Sources
- CVE-2007-5493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-5493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5whv-73m7-58qq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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