CVE-2007-4972

high

Description

RegMon 7.04 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 to the (1) NtCreateKey and (2) NtOpenKey Windows Native API functions.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25721

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded

http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php

http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php

http://osvdb.org/45957

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-19

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00071