CVE-2007-4970

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

ProcessGuard 3.410 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via kernel SSDT hooks for Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateFile, (2) NtCreateKey, (3) NtDeleteValueKey, (4) NtOpenFile, (5) NtOpenKey, and (6) NtSetValueKey.

Affected products

Diamondcs Processguard: 3.410

References

http://osvdb.org/45954
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25714
http://osvdb.org/45954
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25714

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