{"cve":"CVE-2007-5040","nvd":{"published":"2007-09-24T00:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:45:20.297","status":"Modified","description":"Ghost Security Suite alpha 1.200 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) NtCreateKey, (2) NtCreateThread, (3) NtDeleteValueKey, (4) NtQueryValueKey, (5) NtSetSystemInformation, and (6) NtSetValueKey kernel SSDT hooks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-264"],"references":["http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161","http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php","http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161"],"products":["ghostsecurity:ghost_security_suite"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5040","score":0.00299,"percentile":0.22668,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}