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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-1793 · published 2 April 2007

CVE-2007-1793: Symantec antivirus improper input validation vulnerability

Symantec · Antivirus

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.

4.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 23.4% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
4.9CVSS 2.0 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
8Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

8 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-1793), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.