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Secunia Research 21/12/2004
- My Firewall Plus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability -
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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
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1) Affected Software
My Firewall Plus 5.0 (build 1117)
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less Critical
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Where: Local System
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
My Firewall Plus:
"Corporate strength firewall for your personal PC".
Product Link:
http://www.webroot.com/products/myfirewallplus/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in My Firewall Plus,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "Smc.exe" process invoking the
help functionality with SYSTEM privileges.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary programs on a system with
escalated privileges.
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5) Solution
Apply patch:
http://www.webroot.com/services/MFP_Patch.exe
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6) Time Table
15/11/2004 - Vulnerability discovered.
15/11/2004 - Vendor notified.
15/11/2004 - Vendor response.
16/12/2004 - Vendor issues patch.
21/12/2004 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not
currently assigned the vulnerability a candidate number.
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9) About Secunia
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Advisories:
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-16/
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