cve/2007/CVE-2007-5040.md

### [CVE-2007-5040](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5040)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3161

#### Github
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