# CVE-2007-1793: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code by passing crafted arguments to specific system calls in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6jrx-j7r6-m2m9

## What is CVE-2007-1793?

CVE-2007-1793 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 2 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SPBBCDrv.sys in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 and 9.1.1.7 does not validate certain arguments before being passed to hooked SSDT function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) NtCreateMutant and (2) NtOpenEvent functions.  NOTE: it was later reported that Norton Internet Security 2008 15.0.0.60, and possibly other versions back to 2006, are also affected.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1793?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton 360, Symantec Norton Antispam, Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall, Symantec Norton System Works.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-1793?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1793 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-1793 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1793 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Symantec (Multiple Products) - 'SPBBCDrv' Driver Local Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2010-0108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0108/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1429/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-4953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4953/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-0111](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0111/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-0688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0688/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-1793 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-1793 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 2 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1793 exists.

Affected product: Symantec Norton Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1793/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1793/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1793
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1793
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1793

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1793/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.