CVE-2007-5667 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the NWFILTER.SYS driver of Novell Client 4.91 SP1-SP4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument to METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, enabling the overwriting of kernel memory. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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