CVE-2007-2229
Microsoft Windows Vista uses insecure default permissions for unspecified "local user information data stores" in the registry and the file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as administrative passwords, aka "Permissive User Information Store ACLs Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2224)
- Published
- June 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2224 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1003 - historical
- Windows Vista Boot Manager (bootmgr) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 978 - historical
- Windows Vista Winload OS Loader (winload.exe) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 979 - historical
- Windows Vista Code Integrity (ci.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 980 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://osvdb.org/35344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25623(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24411
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018225
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2152(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-032
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1529
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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