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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4969 is rated Low Risk (24.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.07% | +0.03% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 0.95% | 0.04% | -0.91% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 0.95% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.4 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sysinternals | process_monitor | 1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:sysinternals:process_monitor:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |