Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-4968

Description

Privatefirewall 5.0.14.2 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 kernel SSDT hooks for (1) NtOpenProcess and (2) NtOpenThread.

Affected products

Privacyware/Privatefirewall
cpe:2.3:a:privacyware:privatefirewall:5.0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

osvdb.org/45952nvd
www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.phpnvd
www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.phpnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25712nvd

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