CVE-2007-4648 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the nvcoaft51 driver of Norman Virus Control (NVC) 5.82. It allows local attackers to gain elevated privileges by exploiting weak permissions on the NvcOa device, either through a kernel pool buffer overflow or by overwriting arbitrary memory locations via crafted IOCTL calls. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score is 86/100, further highlighting its critical nature. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-4345). Despite the existence of public exploits, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited public awareness or active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_virus_control:5.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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