CVE-2008-5724

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.21%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
http://secunia.com/advisories/33210 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5724?
CVE-2008-5724 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5724?
To fix CVE-2008-5724, 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-2008-5724 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-5724 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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