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Vulnerability · CVE-2007-5633

Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33 Speedfan.sys Privilege Escalation

Published Mar 6, 2018 · catalog updated Mar 6, 2018 · Microsoft Windows

Patch now

CVE-2007-5633 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.94%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Windows

Speedfan.sys in Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33, when used on Microsoft Windows Vista x64, allows local users to read or write arbitrary MSRs, and gain privileges and load unsigned drivers, via the (1) IOCTL_RDMSR 0x9C402438 and (2) IOCTL_WRMSR 0x9C40243C IOCTLs to \Device\speedfan, as demonstrated by an IOCTL_WRMSR action on MSR_LSTAR.

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How to fix CVE-2007-5633

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2007-5633 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.94%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 6, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Speedfan.sys in Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33, when used on Microsoft Windows Vista x64, allows local users to read or write arbitrary MSRs, and gain privileges and load unsigned drivers, via the (1) IOCTL_RDMSR 0x9C402438 and (2) IOCTL_WRMSR 0x9C40243C IOCTLs to \Device\speedfan, as demonstrated by an IOCTL_WRMSR action on MSR_LSTAR.

  2. Mar 6, 2018 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2007-5633

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2007-5633

    30-day exploitation probability 0.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2007-5633

    Speedfan.sys in Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33, when used on Microsoft Windows Vista x64, allows local users to read or write arbitrary MSRs, and gain privileges and load unsigned drivers, via the (1) IOCTL_RDMSR 0x9C402438 and (2) IOCTL_WRMSR 0x9C40243C IOCTLs to \Devic

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.