CVE-2007-4648

Published Aug 31, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The nvcoaft51 driver in Norman Virus Control (NVC) 5.82 uses weak permissions (unrestricted write access) for the NvcOa device, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) triggering a buffer overflow in a kernel pool via a string argument to ioctl 0xBF67201C; or by (2) sending a crafted KEVENT structure through ioctl 0xBF672028 to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-4630 The nvcoaft51 driver in Norman Virus Control (NVC) 5.82 uses weak permissions (unrestricted write access) for the NvcOa device, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) triggering a buffer overflow in a kernel pool via a string argument to ioctl 0xBF67201C; or by (2) sending a crafted KEVENT structure through ioctl 0xBF672028 to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:01 PM
Reserved
Aug 31, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 31, 2007, 11:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM