CVE-2007-0709 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can crash the system or potentially escalate privileges by passing invalid arguments to hooked SSDT functions in the Comodo Firewall driver.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-0709?

CVE-2007-0709 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

cmdmon.sys in Comodo Firewall Pro (formerly Comodo Personal Firewall) 2.4.16.174 and earlier does not validate arguments that originate in user mode for the (1) NtCreateSection, (2) NtOpenProcess, (3) NtOpenSection, (4) NtOpenThread, and (5) NtSetValueKey hooked SSDT functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via invalid arguments.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0709?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Comodo Comodo Firewall Pro.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-0709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p5gm-c4xq-m266.

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