CVE-2008-5724 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending a crafted IOCTL request to the ESET Smart Security firewall driver, overwriting memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5724?
CVE-2008-5724 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5724?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eset Smart Security.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5724?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-5724 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5724 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cvq-8gr9-5xpq.