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CVE-2007-5667

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2007-11-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows 2000Novell ClientMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References