CVE-2007-3681 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting WinPcap versions prior to 4.0.1. Specifically, the NPF.SYS device driver's IOCTL 9031 (BIOCGSTATS) handler can be exploited by local users through malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters. This allows for memory overwrites and arbitrary code execution, carrying a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-4165) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winpcap:winpcap:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winpcap:winpcap:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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