Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-4971

Description

ProSecurity 1.40 Beta 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 Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteFile, (3) NtLoadDriver, (4) NtOpenSection, and (5) NtSetSystemTime.

Affected products

Isecsoft/Prosecurity
cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:prosecurity:1.40_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ProSecurity/ProSecurityllm-create
Range: 1.40 Beta 2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

osvdb.org/45956nvd
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/25718nvd

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