The NantSys device 5.0.0.115 in Motorola netOctopus 5.1.2 build 1011 has weak permissions for the \\.\NantSys device interface…

Description

The NantSys device 5.0.0.115 in Motorola netOctopus 5.1.2 build 1011 has weak permissions for the \\.\NantSys device interface (nantsys.sys), which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash), as demonstrated by modifying the SYSENTER_EIP_MSR CPU Model Specific Register (MSR) value.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 27175 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 28366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.netopia.com/support/software/technotes/netoctopus/Removing_the_nantsys_Driver.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• netoctopus-nantsys-privilege-escalation(39503) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1019161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20080107 Motorola netOctopus Agent MSR Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5761](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5761.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5761)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:39 UTC.