CVE-2007-5667

high

Description

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.

References

https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/98/3260263_f.SAL_Public.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38434

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3846

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018943

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26420

http://secunia.com/advisories/27678

http://osvdb.org/40867

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=626

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-11-14

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: 0.00033