CVE-2007-1206 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2007-1206?

CVE-2007-1206 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2; and Windows Vista before June 2006; uses insecure permissions (PAGE_READWRITE) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1206?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1206?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-1206 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1206 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jc8m-fhw4-pp52.