Check Point ZoneAlarm 6.5.714.000 ssdt memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Check Point ZoneAlarm 6.5.714.000. Impacted is the function ssdt. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-2083. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Check Point ZoneAlarm 6.5.714.000 (Firewall Software). Affected is the function ssdt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

vsdatant.sys in Check Point Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro before 7.0.302.000 does not validate certain arguments before being passed to hooked SSDT function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) NtCreateKey and (2) NtDeleteFile functions.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2007. The weakness was presented 04/17/2007 by David Matousek as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2083 since 04/17/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 34054 (ZoneAlarm Vsdatant.SYS Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33664), SecurityFocus (BID 23494†), OSVDB (35239†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14912†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Matousek
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36228
X-Force: 33664
SecurityFocus: 23494 - ZoneAlarm Vsdatant.SYS Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 35239 - ZoneAlarm vsdatant.sys Hooked SSDT Function Local Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability Center: 14912 - Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro Denial of Service via Hooked SSDT Function Handlers, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/08/2025 22:39
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (62), 07/18/2019 10:29 (7), 06/08/2025 22:39 (22)
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