A vulnerability was found in Firewall 5.0 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the file smc.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the smc.exe process in my firewall plus 5.0 build 1117 and possibly other versions does not drop privileges before invoking help which allows local users to gain privileges.

The weakness was shared 01/10/2005 by Carsten Eiram (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1313 since 12/21/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (18622).

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