Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5724
CVE-2008-5724
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.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.672
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.551:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.560:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.563:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.621:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.642:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.650:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.657:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.667:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0.669:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=3.0.672.0
- Range: <=3.0.672.0
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