sygate protection agent 5.0 smcgui.exe Local Privilege Escalation
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A vulnerability was found in sygate protection agent 5.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file smcgui.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
smcgui.exe in sygate protection agent 5.0 build 6144 allows local users to obtain management control over the agent by executing the gui (smcgui.exe) and then killing the process which causes the privileged management gui to launch.
The weakness was disclosed 12/27/2005 by Andy Davis as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4525 since 12/28/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/20/2005 🔍12/22/2005 🔍
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03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Andy Davis
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-4525 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 15977 - Sygate Protection Agent Local Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 18175 - Sygate Protection Agent Protection Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 11:11Updated: 06/24/2018 13:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (49), 06/24/2018 13:08 (6)
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