FKIE_CVE-2008-5724

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-26 17:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33210Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33210Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
eset smart_security *
eset smart_security 3.0.551
eset smart_security 3.0.560
eset smart_security 3.0.563
eset smart_security 3.0.621
eset smart_security 3.0.642
eset smart_security 3.0.650
eset smart_security 3.0.657
eset smart_security 3.0.667
eset smart_security 3.0.669
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