CVE-2007-5493

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Published Oct 18, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide the sender field of an SMS message via a malformed WAP PUSH message that causes the PDU to be incorrectly decoded.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_mobile:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.2% (4.178% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45517
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018832
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482446/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26091
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-011.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37249

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Mobile

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 18, 2007, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:31 PM
Reserved: Oct 17, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 18, 2007, 12:17 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

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