CVE-2008-5724

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 26, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5724: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix