CVE-2007-3040

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 54.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in agentdpv.dll 2.0.0.3425 in Microsoft Agent on Windows 2000 SP4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL to the Agent (Agent.Control) ActiveX control, which triggers an overflow within the Agent Service (agentsrv.exe) process, a different issue than CVE-2007-1205.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=592
http://secunia.com/advisories/26753
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3124
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018677
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/716872
http://www.osvdb.org/36934
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479096/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25566
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-254A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3113
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-051
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35752

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