CVE-2007-4969 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit improper SSDT validation in Process Monitor to crash the system or escalate privileges via kernel hooks.
- 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-2007-4969?
CVE-2007-4969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Process Monitor 1.22 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified kernel SSDT hooks for Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteValueKey, (3) NtLoadKey, (4) NtOpenKey, (5) NtQueryValueKey, (6) NtSetValueKey, and (7) NtUnloadKey.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sysinternals Process Monitor.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4969?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-4969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4fv8-h7r9-m88g.