Windows Explorer
Vendor:
First CVE: Nov 1, 1997 · Active for 28 years
7
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 83% of tracked products
1.8
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 60% of tracked products
6.1
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 24% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Windows Explorer over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Nov 1, 1997
28 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Mar 8, 2007
7,078 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Windows Explorer7 CVEs
57%
43%
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown7 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown7 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown7 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown7 (100.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (7 CVEs).
7 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2007-1347HIGH Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 SP4 FR and XP SP2 FR, and possibly other versions and platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption | Mar 8, 2007 | 7.1 | 42 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-1090HIGH 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 | Feb 26, 2007 | 7.1 | 35 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-2117MEDIUM Web View in Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 does not properly handle certain HTML characters in preview fields, which allows remote | Oct 21, 2005 | 5.1 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-6602MEDIUM explorer.exe in Windows Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted WMV file. | Dec 15, 2006 | 4.3 | 27 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0967HIGH Buffer overflow in the HTML library used by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Explorer via the res: local resource protocol. | Nov 1, 1997 | 10.0 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-0562MEDIUM Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.0.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .avi | Jan 30, 2007 | 4.3 | 26 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-0954MEDIUM Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer in Windows 2000 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed Windows Metafile (WMF) file. | May 2, 2005 | 5.0 | 20 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (7 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
4 CVEs
57.1% of CVEs· 93rd percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (7 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (7 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Windows Explorer
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.00.2900.2180 | 2 | 4.3 | 13.7% | 0 | 2 |