ID

VAR-200611-0351

CVE

CVE-2006-3973

TITLE

My Firewall Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

DESCRIPTION

My Firewall Plus 5.0 Build 1119 does not verify if explorer.exe is running before launching iexplore.exe from the "Test Your Firewall" feature, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges. My Firewall Plus is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM-level privileges. A successful exploit could result in the complete compromise of the affected computer. Failed attempts would cause denial-of-service conditions. Version 5.0 Build 1119 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Secunia Research ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-59/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- . ====================================================================== Secunia Research 21/11/2006 - My Firewall Plus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software My Firewall Plus 5.0 Build 1119. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Less critical Impact: Privilege Escalation Where: Local System ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "Corporate strength firewall for your personal PC". The vulnerability is caused due to the application windows running with SYSTEM privileges and the application not checking if explorer.exe is running before performing certain actions. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Enable the password protection to reduce the risk. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 03/08/2006 - Vendor notified. 03/08/2006 - Vendor response. 16/08/2006 - Vendor reminder sent. 11/10/2006 - Vendor reminder sent. 21/11/2006 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2006-3973 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://corporate.secunia.com/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://corporate.secunia.com/secunia_research/33/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. 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local

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Design Error

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CREDITS

Secunia Research is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2024-08-14T15:40:42.868000+00:00

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