Is CVE-2007-5661 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-5661 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-5661?

CVE-2007-5661 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-5661?

CVE-2007-5661 has an EPSS score of 2.25% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5661?

Upgrade installshield to 12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-5661

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install (OCI) ActiveX control 12.0 before SP2 does not validate the DLL files that are named as parameters to the control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary library code onto a client machine.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

installshieldNVD

Affected:< 12Fixed in:12CVE-2007-5661derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory1

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-01.