Is CVE-2007-2815 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2815 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2815?

CVE-2007-2815 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-2815

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 73.4%EU EUVD

The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass NTLM and basic authentication mechanisms and access private web directories via the CiWebhitsfile parameter to null.htw.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 73.4% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2807)
Published: May 22, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2807 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / internet information services

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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