CVE-2014-4973 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending a crafted argument to a specific IOCTL call in the ESET Personal Firewall NDIS filter driver.
- 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-2014-4973?
CVE-2014-4973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ESET Personal Firewall NDIS filter (EpFwNdis.sys) driver in the Firewall Module Build 1183 (20140214) and earlier in ESET Smart Security and ESET Endpoint Security products 5.0 through 7.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted argument to a 0x830020CC IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4973?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Eset Endpoint Security, Eset Smart Security.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-4973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3vj-ww23-q48f.