CVE-2007-3898
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 52.3%EU EUVD
The DNS server in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, uses predictable transaction IDs when querying other DNS servers, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS replies, poison the DNS cache, and facilitate further attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 52.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3882)
- Published
- November 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3882 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 including R2, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, x64, and Itanium Editions; Windows XP Professional SP2 and x64 SP2; Windows XP Embedded SP2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10184-2008 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27584(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3373
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/484649(US Government Resource)
- http://www.scanit.be/advisory-2007-11-14.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483635/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483698/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484186/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25919(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018942
- http://www.trusteer.com/docs/windowsdns.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-317A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3848
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-062
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36805
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4395
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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