Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-5042

Description

Outpost Firewall Pro 4.0.1025.7828 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 the (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteFile, (3) NtLoadDriver, (4) NtOpenProcess, (5) NtOpenSection, (6) NtOpenThread, and (7) NtUnloadDriver kernel SSDT hooks, a partial regression of CVE-2006-7160.

Affected products

Agnitum/Outpost Firewall
cpe:2.3:a:agnitum:outpost_firewall:4.0.1025.7828:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

osvdb.org/45899nvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/3161nvd
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

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