CVE-2004-1313 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local users can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a privilege dropping failure in the help invocation process of My Firewall Plus.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1313?

CVE-2004-1313 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Smc.exe process in My Firewall Plus 5.0 build 1117, and possibly other versions, does not drop privileges before invoking help, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1313?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Webroot Software My Firewall Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1313?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1313 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2004-1313 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qgrc-rr95-mfj7.

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