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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 4.2%
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- mitre
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 decoded.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- win-mobile-sms-obfuscation(37249) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 45517 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-011.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1018832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20071017 SYMSA-2007-011: Microsoft WM5 PocketPC Phone Ed SMS Handler Issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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