Vulnerability CVE-2007-5761
Published: 2008-01-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The NantSys device 5.0.0.115 in Motorola netOctopus 5.1.2 build 1011 has weak permissions for the \\.\NantSys device interface (nantsys.sys), which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash), as demonstrated by modifying the SYSENTER_EIP_MSR CPU Model Specific Register (MSR) value.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Motorola -> Netoctopus 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27175
http://www.netopia.com/support/software/technotes/netoctopus/Removing_the_nantsys_Driver.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/28366
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39503
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0062
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=636
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019161
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