CVE-2007-1209

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.08% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524 vdb entry signature
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/34008 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24823 third party advisory
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1209?
CVE-2007-1209 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1209?
To fix CVE-2007-1209, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1209 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-1209 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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