CVE-2007-4971 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit improper SSDT validation in ProSecurity 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-2007-4971?
CVE-2007-4971 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
ProSecurity 1.40 Beta 2 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 kernel SSDT hooks for Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteFile, (3) NtLoadDriver, (4) NtOpenSection, and (5) NtSetSystemTime.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4971?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isecsoft Prosecurity.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-4971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cf99-wv64-5f46.