# CVE-2007-1793: SPBBCDrv.sys in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 and 9.1.1.7 does not validate certain arguments before being passed to hooke

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SPBBCDrv.sys in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 and 9.1.1.7 does not validate certain arguments before being passed to hooked SSDT function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) NtCreateMutant and (2) NtOpenEvent functions. NOTE: it was later reported that Norton Internet Security 2008 15.0.0.60, and possibly other versions back to 2006, are also affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1192
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Multiple-insufficient-argument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464456/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021386
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23241
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021388
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021389
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.12.12.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33352
- http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
- http://osvdb.org/34692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017838
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24677
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29810

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