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CVE-2008-5724
The Personal Firewall driver (aka epfw.sys) 3.0.672.0 and earlier in...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33210
- http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0.551, 3.0.560, 3.0.563, 3.0.621, 3.0.642, 3.0.650, 3.0.657, 3.0.667, 3.0.669
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 26th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.