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 local users to gain privileges via a crafted IRP in a certain METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \Device\Epfw that overwrites portions of…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- eset/smart security
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.