Process Monitor 1.22 does not properly validate certain parameters to System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function handlers, which…

Description

Process Monitor 1.22 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 unspecified kernel SSDT hooks for Windows Native API functions including (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtDeleteValueKey, (3) NtLoadKey, (4) NtOpenKey, (5) NtQueryValueKey, (6) NtSetValueKey, and (7) NtUnloadKey.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• 25719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 45953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20070918 Plague in (security) software drivers & BSDOhook utility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:17 UTC.