Novell Client Firewall 2.0 Help Function memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Novell Client Firewall 2.0 (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Help Function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Novell Client Firewall (NCF) 2.0, as based on the Agnitum Outpost Firewall, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by opening the NCF tray icon and using the Help functionality to launch programs with SYSTEM privileges.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2004. The weakness was released 02/27/2004 with Secure Network Operations (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ciac.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2554 since 11/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15367).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2004 🔍
01/18/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/23/2004 +5 days 🔍
02/27/2004 +35 days 🔍
03/02/2004 +3 days 🔍
03/02/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +303 days 🔍
11/21/2005 +325 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3395 days 🔍
07/19/2017 +863 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: ciac.org
Organization: Secure Network Operations
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2554 (🔍)
X-Force: 15367 - Novell Client Firewall tray icon allows elevated privileges
SecurityTracker: 1008755 - Agnitum Outpost Firewall Tray Icon Lets Local Users Execute Commands With SYSTEM Privileges
SecurityFocus: 9441 - Agnitum Outpost Firewall Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 11014 - Novell Client Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4120 - Novell Client Firewall Privilege Escalation

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Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 07/19/2017 09:46
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (66), 07/19/2017 09:46 (6)
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