CVE-2007-5042

high

Description

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.

References

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://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161

http://osvdb.org/45899

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

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