CVE-2007-1973: Microsoft Windows Nt

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to modify memory and gain privileges via the temporary \Device\PhysicalMemory section handle, a related issue to CVE-2007-1206.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only

Published 2007-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.