CVE-2008-5724
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Published: December 26, 2008 at 05:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSmart Security
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33210x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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