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CVE-2008-5724

The Personal Firewall driver (aka epfw.sys) 3.0.672.0 and earlier in ESET Smart Security 3.0.672 and earlier allows loca

The Personal Firewall driver (aka epfw.sys) 3.0.672.0 and earlier in ESET Smart Security 3.0.672 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted IRP in a certain METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \Device\Epfw that overwrites portions of memory.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00203
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
eset smart security<= 3.0.672
eset smart securityall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
localESET Smart Security 3.0.672 - 'epfw.sys' Local Privilege Escalationverified
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Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD26 Dec 2008 · 05:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/33210Vendor Advisory
http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
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