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CVE-2007-5667 (GCVE-0-2007-5667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-14 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:39
VLAI
Summary
NWFILTER.SYS in Novell Client 4.91 SP 1 through SP 4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 makes the \.\nwfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018943 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3846 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26420 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/40867 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Date Public
2007-11-13 00:00
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