CVE-2007-5040 Information

Description

Ghost Security Suite alpha 1.200 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 the (1) NtCreateKey (2) NtCreateThread (3) NtDeleteValueKey (4) NtQueryValueKey (5) NtSetSystemInformation and (6) NtSetValueKey kernel SSDT hooks.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161 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