CVE-2007-5047

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Norton Internet Security 2008 15.0.0.60 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 NtOpenSection kernel SSDT hook. NOTE: the NtCreateMutant and NtOpenEvent function hooks are already covered by CVE-2007-1793.

Norton Internet Security 2008 15.0.0.60 no valida de forma adecuada ciertos parámetros en los manejadores de la función System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT), el cual permite a usuarios locales provocar denegación de servicio (caida) y posiblemente ganar privilegios a través del secuestro de NtOpenSection kernel SSDT. NOTA: las funciones NtCreateMutant y NtOpenEvent están cubiertas por CVE-2007-1793.

*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

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* 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-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/45897	Vdb Entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php	2018-10-15
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php	2018-10-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Norton Internet Security Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Norton Internet Security"				2008_15.0.0.60 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Norton Internet Security" and version "2008_15.0.0.60"		-		Affected