CVE-2007-4648

Published Aug 31, 2007

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: The nvcoaft51 driver in Norman Virus Control (NVC) 5.82 uses weak permissions (unrestricted write access) for the NvcOa device, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) triggering a buffer overflow in a kernel pool via a string argument to ioctl 0xBF67201C; or by (2) sending a crafted KEVENT structure through ioctl 0xBF672028 to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_virus_control:5.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "BB1B132E-10C1-4B16-83D4-49ADA101D348"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References