CVE-2007-5493
The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide the...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-5493- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-5493- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-5468 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2007-5468- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5whv-73m7-58qq No score
The SMS handler for Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PC Phone edition allows attackers to hide the...
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.
- Record
GHSA-5whv-73m7-58qq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-5493 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Windows Mobile, published October 18, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.18%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37249
osvdb.org/45517
securityfocus.com/bid/26091
symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-011.txt
securitytracker.com/id?1018832
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5493
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5whv-73m7-58qq