CVE-2007-1206: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2; and Windows Vista before June 2006; uses insecure permissions (PAGE_READWRITE) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version gold only; version sp1 only; version sp2 only
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2007-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.