NWFILTER.SYS in Novell Client 4.91 SP 1 through SP 4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 makes the \.\nwfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5639 NWFILTER.SYS in Novell Client 4.91 SP 1 through SP 4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 makes the \.\nwfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:39:13.709Z

Reserved: 2007-10-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5667

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-11-14T01:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5667

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