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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5587

Original release date:10/19/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in Macrovision SafeDisc secdrv.sys before 4.3.86.0, as shipped in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64 and x64 SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 x64 and x64 SP2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted argument to a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL, as originally discovered in the wild.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-345A
Name: TA07-345A
External Source: XF
Name: windows-secdrv-bo(37284)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/10/privilege_escalation_exploit_i.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018833
External Source: BID
Name: 26121
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071018 [CORRECTED] Microsoft Windows XP SP2/2003 - Macrovision SecDrv.sys privilege escalation (0day)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071017 Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Macrovision SecDrv.sys privilege escalation (0day)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=43&Itemid=15
External Source: MS
Name: MS07-067
External Source: MSKB
Name: 944653
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3537
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3266
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27285
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 41429
External Source: MISC
Name: http://blog.48bits.com/?p=172
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02299
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4584
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4584
Type: Tool Signature

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
spacerNav control imageAND
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server
spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:macrovision:safedisc
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)