CVE-2007-5633

high

Description

Speedfan.sys in Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33, when used on Microsoft Windows Vista x64, allows local users to read or write arbitrary MSRs, and gain privileges and load unsigned drivers, via the (1) IOCTL_RDMSR 0x9C402438 and (2) IOCTL_WRMSR 0x9C40243C IOCTLs to \Device\speedfan, as demonstrated by an IOCTL_WRMSR action on MSR_LSTAR.

References

https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ESET_InvisiMole.pdf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37298

http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=1

http://secunia.com/advisories/27312

http://osvdb.org/41842

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

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: 0.0012