CVE-2007-2588

Office Viewer OCX 3.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-2588. PoCs published by shinnai.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Office Viewer (OA.ocx v. 3.2.0.5) by triggering multiple methods with overly long string arguments, causing the application to crash.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the Office Viewer OCX ActiveX control (oa.ocx) 3.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) HttpDownloadFile, (2) Open, (3) OpenWebFile, (4) DoOleCommand, (5) FTPDownloadFile, (6) FTPUploadFile, (7) HttpUploadFile, (8) Save, or (9) SaveWebFile function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by shinnai · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3845

This exploit demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Office Viewer (OA.ocx v. 3.2.0.5) by triggering multiple methods with overly long string arguments, causing the application to crash.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Office Viewer (OA.ocx v. 3.2.0.5)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Internet Explorer with the vulnerable OCX control installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25143
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1664
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/34335
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23811
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34067

Scores

EPSS 0.0704
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
office_ocx/office_viewer_ocx 3.2
Published May 10, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026