CVE-2007-5044 — ZoneAlarm Pro 7.0.362.000 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via the (1) NtCreatePort and (2) NtDeleteFile kernel SSDT hooks, a partial regression of CVE-2007-2083

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ZoneAlarm Pro 7.0.362.000 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via the (1) NtCreatePort and (2) NtDeleteFile kernel SSDT hooks, a partial regression of CVE-2007-2083

Published Sep 24, 2007

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

ZoneAlarm Pro 7.0.362.000 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via the (1) NtCreatePort and (2) NtDeleteFile kernel SSDT hooks, a partial regression of CVE-2007-2083.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00290

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00290

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.29% (0.00290)	19.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00290)	20.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00047)	11.67th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/45898
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/45898		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 24, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 23, 2007

Link CVE-2007-5044

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-5044

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-5044