Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-1206
CVE-2007-1206
Description
The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2; and Windows Vista before June 2006; uses insecure permissions (PAGE_READWRITE) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/24834nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1326nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/337953nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410a.htmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/34011nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465232/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23367nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-022nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1639nvd
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