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CVE-2007-1537
\Device\NdisTapi (NDISTAPI.sys) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 uses weak permissions, which allows local users to write to the…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 28% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
\Device\NdisTapi (NDISTAPI.sys) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 uses weak permissions, which allows local users to write to the device and cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by using an IRQL to acquire a spinlock on paged memory via the NdisTapiDispatch function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 24598 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 23025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- windows-ndistapi-dos(33086) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1031 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070319 [Reversemode Advisory] Microsoft Windows Ndistapi.sys IRQL escalation (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1531 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1537)Record last updated .