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CVE-2007-2229

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2229 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, stemming from insecure default permissions on local user information data stores within the registry and file system. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive data, including administrative passwords. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:x64:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

osvdb.org / 35344
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-032
secunia.com / advisories/25623
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1529
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24411
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2152
Vendor Advisory