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CVE-2007-6753

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6753 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Shell32.dll affecting various Microsoft Windows versions, including 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2008, and 7. This flaw allows local users to gain privileges by tricking the system into loading a malicious DLL from the current working directory, particularly when environment variables like %APPDATA% or %PROGRAMFILES% are configured in a specific manner, as seen with applications like iTunes and Safari. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating a medium severity. Exploitation requires local access (AV:L) and high attack complexity (AC:H), but successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.acrossecurity.com / 2010/10/breaking-setdlldirectory-protection.html
secunia.com / advisories/41984
Vendor Advisory
support.microsoft.com / kb/329308
securityfocus.com / bid/44484