CVE-2007-1209

N/A Unknown
Published: April 10, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly handle connection resources when starting and stopping processes, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening and closing multiple ApiPort connections, which leaves a "dangling pointer" to a process data structure.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/34008
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/34008
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.1%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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