CVE DATABASE / CVE-2008-5724
CVE-2008-5724
CVSS 7.2 · HIGH
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.2 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Attack vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | COMPLETE |
| Integrity | COMPLETE |
| Availability | COMPLETE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Eset smart security
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33210
- http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
- http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.