Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-2221
CVE-2007-2221
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; or 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka the "Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability."
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
12- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/500753nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/23769nvd
- www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-07.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/34404nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23827nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1712nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-027nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33355nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1885nvd
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