01 Record
CVE-2007-5493
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-18 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bf1476f2b56467dba5a005c301a89d623f41a517756a9467e23ebe7b8c75fef9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-mobile-sms-obfuscation(37249)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37249
- osvdb.org45517http://osvdb.org/45517
- www.securityfocus.com26091http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26091
- www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-011.txt
- securitytracker.com1018832http://securitytracker.com/id?1018832
- www.securityfocus.com20071017 SYMSA-2007-011: Microsoft WM5 PocketPC Phone Ed SMS Handler Issuehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482446/100/0/threaded