VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-5667

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

NWFILTER.SYS in Novell Client 4.91 SP 1 through SP 4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 makes the \.\nwfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references