CVE-2007-5047 Information

Description

Norton Internet Security 2008 15.0.0.60 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 NtOpenSection kernel SSDT hook. NOTE: the NtCreateMutant and NtOpenEvent function hooks are already covered by CVE-2007-1793.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/45897 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