My Firewall Plus 5.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in My Firewall Plus 5.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3973. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in My Firewall Plus 5.0 (Firewall Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

My Firewall Plus 5.0 Build 1119 does not verify if explorer.exe is running before launching iexplore.exe from the "Test Your Firewall" feature, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges.

The weakness was published 11/22/2006 with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3973 since 08/02/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at X-Force (30476), SecurityFocus (BID 21228†), Secunia (SA21142†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017267†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Name

• My Firewall Plus

Version

• 5.0

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

08/02/2006 🔍
11/06/2006 +96 days 🔍
11/21/2006 +15 days 🔍
11/21/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/22/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/22/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3032 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +4065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3973 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3973
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33410
X-Force: 30476 - My Firewall Plus privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 21228 - My Firewall Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 21142 - My Firewall Plus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017267 - My Firewall Plus Lets Local Users Gain System Privileges
Vupen: ADV-2006-4635

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/28/2026 14:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (55), 09/29/2017 09:12 (7), 04/28/2026 14:24 (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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