Softsphere DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 Malware Detection Product race condition
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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Softsphere DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Malware Detection. The manipulation of the argument Product
with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
** DISPUTED ** Race condition in DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute.
The weakness was presented 05/05/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at theregister.co.uk. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-5158 since 08/25/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 61839, 61838, 61837 and 61836 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
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Timeline
05/05/2010 🔍05/05/2010 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: theregister.co.ukStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-5158 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 39924 - Multiple Vendor Argument Switch Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 67660 - Multiple Security Product Argument Switch Race Condition Scan Bypass
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 08/16/2018 07:24
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (51), 08/16/2018 07:24 (6)
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