National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0211
Original release date:02/13/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The hardware detection functionality in the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Professional, and Server 2003 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via an unvalidated parameter to a function related to the "detection and registration of new hardware."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-044A
Name: TA07-044A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#240796
Name: VU#240796
External Source: MS
Name: MS07-006
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017633
External Source: BID
Name: 22481
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 31890
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0575
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24126
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:224
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:224
Type: Tool Signature
