CVE-2008-1736

Description

Comodo Firewall Pro before 3.0 does not properly validate certain parameters to hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) a crafted OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES structure in a call to the NtDeleteFile function, which leads to improper validation of a ZwQueryObject result; and unspecified calls to the (2) NtCreateFile and (3) NtSetThreadContext functions, different vectors than CVE-2007-0709.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1383	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30006	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/release_notes.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3838	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28742	patch vdb entry
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2249
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019944	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42082	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491405/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1736?: CVE-2008-1736 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1736?: To fix CVE-2008-1736, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1736 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-1736 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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