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

CVE-2007-4969

Description

Process Monitor 1.22 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 unspecified kernel SSDT hooks for Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteValueKey, (3) NtLoadKey, (4) NtOpenKey, (5) NtQueryValueKey, (6) NtSetValueKey, and (7) NtUnloadKey.

Affected products

Sysinternals/Process Monitor
cpe:2.3:a:sysinternals:process_monitor:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

osvdb.org/45953nvd
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/25719nvd

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