CVE-2007-5042

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Outpost Firewall Pro 4.0.1025.7828 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) NtDeleteFile, (3) NtLoadDriver, (4) NtOpenProcess, (5) NtOpenSection, (6) NtOpenThread, and (7) NtUnloadDriver kernel SSDT hooks, a partial regression of CVE-2006-7160.

Outpost Firewall Pro 4.0.1025.7828 no valida de forma adecuada ciertos parámetros en los manejadores de función System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT), el cual permite a usuarios locales provocar denegación de servicio (caida) y posiblemente ganar ciertos privilegios a través del secuestro de (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteFile, (3) NtLoadDriver, (4) NtOpenProcess, (5) NtOpenSection, (6) NtOpenThread, y (7) NtUnloadDriver kernel SSDT, una regresión parcial de CVE-2006-7160.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-09-23 CVE Reserved
2007-09-24 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/45899	Vdb Entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161	Third Party Advisory
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php	X_refsource_misc
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Agnitum Search vendor "Agnitum"		Outpost Firewall Search vendor "Agnitum" for product "Outpost Firewall"				4.0.1025.7828 Search vendor "Agnitum" for product "Outpost Firewall" and version "4.0.1025.7828"		-		Affected