CVE-2007-5039 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can crash the system or gain privileges by exploiting improper validation in Ghost Security Suite 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-2007-5039?
CVE-2007-5039 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Ghost Security Suite beta 1.110 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 the (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteValueKey, (3) NtQueryValueKey, (4) NtSetSystemInformation, and (5) NtSetValueKey kernel SSDT hooks.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ghostsecurity Ghost Security Suite.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-5039 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5039 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqfc-g3ww-mmvr.