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
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.80%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.0.672
- 3.0.551
- 3.0.560
- 3.0.563
- 3.0.621
- 3.0.642
- 3.0.650
- 3.0.657
- 3.0.667
- 3.0.669
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 55.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 51.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 41.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33210 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33210 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.eset.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=5 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0807/ntiadv0807.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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