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CVE-2007-1537

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

\Device\NdisTapi (NDISTAPI.sys) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 uses weak permissions, which allows local users to write to the device and cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by using an IRQL to acquire a spinlock on paged memory via the NdisTapiDispatch function.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: sp1
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24598
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2471
• http://www.osvdb.org/33628
• http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=47
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463208/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23025
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1031
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33086
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24598
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2471
• http://www.osvdb.org/33628
• http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=47

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