PT-2007-6665 · Novell · Novell Client

Published 2007-11-14 · Updated 2021-07-07 · CVE-2007-5667

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell Client versions 4.91 SP 1 through 4

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations, due to the NWFILTER.SYS making the . wfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD NEITHER IOCTLs.

Recommendations For Novell Client versions 4.91 SP 1 through 4, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5667

Affected Products

Novell Client

References · 9

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/98/3260263_f.SAL_Public.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5667 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38434 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018943 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=626 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/40867 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3846 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26420 · Note