CVE-2007-0040

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The LDAP service in Windows Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Server 2003 x64 Edition and SP2, and Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LDAP request with an unspecified number of "convertible attributes."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions

References

http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html
http://osvdb.org/35960
http://secunia.com/advisories/26002
http://www.iss.net/threats/267.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/487905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24800
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018355
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2481
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-039
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2012
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html

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