CVE-2007-1209
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly handle connection resources when starting and stopping processes, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly handle connection resources when starting and stopping processes, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening and closing multiple ApiPort connections, which leaves a "dangling pointer" to a process data structure.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.69% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/windows vista
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.