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CVE-2007-4573

CVE-2007-4573

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 0.8%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDSep 24
1st PoCSep 21
exploitation probability
0.8%top 46% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/30604exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/4460
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-229.shtmlhttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.htmlhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/512http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/513http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119062587407908&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/26917http://secunia.com/advisories/26919http://secunia.com/advisories/26934http://secunia.com/advisories/26953http://secunia.com/advisories/26955http://secunia.com/advisories/26978