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    CVE-2008-5724

    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.

    Published:Dec 26, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 26, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00203
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Eset
    Product
    Smart Security

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7516

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High