# 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 priv

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2008-12-26 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33210
- http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7516

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