Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot) via a malformed ANI file, which results in memory corruption when processing cursors, animated cursors, and icons, a similar issue to CVE-2005-0416, as originally demonstrated using Internet Explorer 6 and 7. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0038; if so, then use CVE-2007-0038 instead of this identifier.
CVE-2007-1765
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 54%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 98.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 30, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://asert.arbornetworks.com/2007/03/any-ani-file-could-infect-you/
- cve@mitrehttp://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20070328.html
- cve@mitrehttp://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141860.htm
- cve@mitrehttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=230
- cve@mitrehttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=233
- cve@mitrehttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/935423.mspx
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464287/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464345/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23194
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017827
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1151
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2007/03/any-ani-file-could-infect-you/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20070328.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141860.htm
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=230
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Publicly available exploits
(10 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (10 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16698✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 20, 2010
Microsoft Windows - ANI LoadAniIcon() Chunk Size Stack Buffer Overflow (SMTP) (MS07-017) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-4045✓ verifiedFirst seen Jun 7, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor Stack Overflow
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3695✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 9, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor '.ani' Local Overflow
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3684✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 8, 2007
Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.ANI' File Denial of Service
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3652✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 3, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor '.ani' Local Overflow (Hardware DEP)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3651✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 3, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor '.ani' Universal Generator
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3647✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 2, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor '.ani' Local Buffer Overflow
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3636✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 1, 2007
Microsoft Windows - Animated Cursor '.ani' Remote (eeye patch Bypass)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3635✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 1, 2007
Microsoft Windows XP - Animated Cursor '.ani' Remote Overflow (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3634✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 1, 2007
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista - Animated Cursor '.ani' Remote Overflow
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