CVE-2007-5667

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5667
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-14 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionNWFILTER.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All adv_srv All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All datacenter_srv All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All pro All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All srv All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All srv ja
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All std All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All wed All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All x64-std All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All xp-64bit All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All 64bit All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All embedded All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All ibm_oem All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All pro All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - All All All
Application Novell Client 4.91 sp1 All All
Application Novell Client 4.91 sp2 All All
Application Novell Client 4.91 sp3 All All
Application Novell Client 4.91 sp4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Novell Client for Windows NWFILTER.SYS Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/40867 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/98/3260263_f.SAL_Public.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secure-support.novell.com Patch
Novell Client Lets Local Users Gain Kernel Level Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Novell Client NWFILTER.SYS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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