CVE-2015-1515 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a vulnerable driver in DefenseWall Personal Firewall to write arbitrary memory and gain elevated privileges.
- 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-2015-1515?
CVE-2015-1515 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dwall.sys driver in SoftSphere DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.24 allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x00222000, 0x00222004, 0x00222008, 0x0022200c, or 0x00222010 IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1515?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Softsphere Defensewall Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1515 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-1515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m52j-356x-vrwm.