2007-1973 | Microsoft Windows denial of service (SBV-14851 / OSVDB-37635)

By Max On Jul 14, 2021

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to modify memory and gain privileges via the temporary DevicePhysicalMemory section handle, a related issue to CVE-2007-1206.

The weakness was released 04/11/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1973 since 04/11/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-14851).

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Upgrade: securityfocus.com

04/10/2007 🔍
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04/16/2007 +5 days 🔍
02/15/2015 +2862 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +26 days 🔍
07/14/2021 +2315 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows