Microsoft Personal Firewall 3.51.759.6511 explorer.exe access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Personal Firewall 3.51.759.6511. The affected element is an unknown function of the file explorer.exe. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3697. No exploit is available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Personal Firewall 3.51.759.6511 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file explorer.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.51.759.6511 (462), as used in (1) Lavasoft Personal Firewall 1.0.543.5722 (433) and (2) Novell BorderManager Novell Client Firewall 2.0, does not properly restrict user activities in application windows that run in a LocalSystem context, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute commands (a) via the "open folder" option when no instance of explorer.exe is running, possibly related to the ShellExecute API function; or (b) by overwriting a batch file through the "Save Configuration As" option. NOTE: this might be a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and explorer.exe instead of the firewall.

The weakness was published 07/21/2006 by Ben Goulding (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3697 since 07/18/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27848), SecurityFocus (BID 19024†), OSVDB (27349†) and Secunia (SA21088†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Ben Goulding
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31400
X-Force: 27848
SecurityFocus: 19024 - Outpost Firewall PRO Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 21088 - Lavasoft Personal Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27349 - Outpost Firewall Pro Open Folder Local Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2006-2851

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 09/18/2017 11:33
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (59), 09/18/2017 11:33 (4)
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