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CVE-2007-0040

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0040 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the LDAP service of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted LDAP request containing an unspecified number of "convertible attributes." With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its age and high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3917 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de / bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html
osvdb.org / 35960
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-039
secunia.com / advisories/26002
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2012
iss.net / threats/267.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/487905
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/24800
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2481