{"id":"CVE-2008-5724","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5724","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:40:18.090Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-12-26T17:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:00:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["eset/smart security"],"epss":{"score":0.00805,"percentile":0.56492,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-12-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":7516,"kind":"exploit","title":"ESET Smart Security 3.0.672 - 'epfw.sys' Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7516","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/7516.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/7516.txt","published":"2008-12-18","added":"2008-12-17","updated":null,"author":"NT Internals","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-5724","OSVDB-50942"],"tags":null,"aliases":"2008-Epfw_Exp.zip","applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33210","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33210","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5724","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}