CVE-2007-4648

Norman Virus Control <5.82 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4648. PoCs published by inocraM.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a vulnerability in Norman Virus Control's nvcoaft51.sys driver, which allows unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code in ring0 by sending a crafted IOCTL with a fake KEVENT structure. The exploit is designed for Windows XP SP2 and leverages the driver's lack of input validation.

Description

The nvcoaft51 driver in Norman Virus Control (NVC) 5.82 uses weak permissions (unrestricted write access) for the NvcOa device, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) triggering a buffer overflow in a kernel pool via a string argument to ioctl 0xBF67201C; or by (2) sending a crafted KEVENT structure through ioctl 0xBF672028 to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by inocraM · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4345

This exploit targets a vulnerability in Norman Virus Control's nvcoaft51.sys driver, which allows unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code in ring0 by sending a crafted IOCTL with a fake KEVENT structure. The exploit is designed for Windows XP SP2 and leverages the driver's lack of input validation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Norman Virus Control nvcoaft51.sys driver
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Norman Virus Control installed · Windows XP SP2
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478224/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018636
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25499
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3087
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36373
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.48bits.com/exploits/nvc.rar

Scores

EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 55.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
norman/norman_virus_control 5.82
Published Aug 31, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026