# CVE-2007-4216: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the ZoneAlarm kernel driver, allowing arbitrary memory overwrites.

- **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:** 21 Aug 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9fc-pf23-42rf

## What is CVE-2007-4216?

CVE-2007-4216 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

vsdatant.sys 6.5.737.0 in Check Point Zone Labs ZoneAlarm before 7.0.362 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) in a METHOD_NEITHER (1) IOCTL 0x8400000F or (2) IOCTL 0x84000013 request, which can be used to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4216?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Checkpoint Zonealarm.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-4216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-4216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-41604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41604/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-23743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23743/): Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm. (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-6023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6023/): Privilege escalation in Check Point ZoneAlarm (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-8790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8790/): Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2005-2932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2932/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-4216 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 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-2007-4216 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-2007-4216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4216

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