CVE-2006-3697 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users can gain privileges and execute commands via specific firewall UI interactions, potentially affecting underlying Windows components.
- 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-2006-3697?
CVE-2006-3697 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2006. 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
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.51.759.6511 (462), as used in (1) Lavasoft Personal Firewall 1.0.543.5722 (433) and (2) Novell BorderManager Novell Client Firewall 2.0, does not properly restrict user activities in application windows that run in a LocalSystem context, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute commands (a) via the "open folder" option when no instance of explorer.exe is running, possibly related to the ShellExecute API function; or (b) by overwriting a batch file through the "Save Configuration As" option. NOTE: this might be a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and explorer.exe instead of the firewall.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3697?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Agnitum Outpost Firewall, Lavasoft Lavasoft Personal Firewall, Novell Client Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-3697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26q6-82cc-w6fm.