CVE-2007-5040
Ghost Security Suite alpha 1.200 - Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation via SSDT Hook Parameter Validation
Title source: llmDescription
Ghost Security Suite alpha 1.200 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) NtCreateThread, (3) NtDeleteValueKey, (4) NtQueryValueKey, (5) NtSetSystemInformation, and (6) NtSetValueKey kernel SSDT hooks.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
Scores
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (1)
ghostsecurity/ghost_security_suite
alpha_1.200
Published
Sep 24, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026