# CVE-2007-2965: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges in F-Secure products by sending a crafted I/O request packet to the real-time scanning component.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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:** 31 May 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5m34-c4j8-7mfx

## What is CVE-2007-2965?

CVE-2007-2965 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Real-time Scanning component in multiple F-Secure products, including Internet Security 2005, 2006 and 2007; Anti-Virus 2005, 2006 and 2007; and Solutions based on F-Secure Protection Service for Consumers 6.40 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted I/O request packet (IRP), related to IOCTL (Input/Output Control) and "access validation of the address space."

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2965?

It affects 7 products.


Products: F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security, F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security, F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Security, F-Secure F-Secure Internet Security, F-Secure F-Secure Protection Service, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-2965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-2967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2967/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-6409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6409/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3300/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-6085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6085/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2006-2838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2838/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2965 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2007-2965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2965/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.