CVE-2008-5724

ESET Smart Security <3.0.672 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5724. PoCs published by NT Internals.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ESET Personal Firewall driver (epfw.sys) due to improper input validation. It allows an attacker to escalate privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.

Description

The Personal Firewall driver (aka epfw.sys) 3.0.672.0 and earlier in ESET Smart Security 3.0.672 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted IRP in a certain METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \Device\Epfw that overwrites portions of memory.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by NT Internals · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7516

This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ESET Personal Firewall driver (epfw.sys) due to improper input validation. It allows an attacker to escalate privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the driver.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ESET Smart Security <= 3.0.672
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · ESET Smart Security with vulnerable driver installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33210
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3456
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32917
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47477

Scores

EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 51.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (10)
eset/smart_security 3.0.551
eset/smart_security 3.0.560
eset/smart_security 3.0.563
eset/smart_security 3.0.621
eset/smart_security 3.0.642
eset/smart_security 3.0.650
eset/smart_security 3.0.657
eset/smart_security 3.0.667
eset/smart_security 3.0.669
eset/smart_security < 3.0.672
Published Dec 26, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026