CVE-2007-1209
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly handle connection resources when starting and stopping processes, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening and closing multiple ApiPort connections, which leaves a "dangling pointer" to a process data structure.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1206)
- Published
- April 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1206 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows vista
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1003 - historical
- Windows Vista Boot Manager (bootmgr) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 978 - historical
- Windows Vista Winload OS Loader (winload.exe) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 979 - historical
- Windows Vista Code Integrity (ci.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 980 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/34008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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