CVE-2010-5175

MEDIUM

PrivateFirewall 7.0.20.37 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Race condition in PrivateFirewall 7.0.20.37 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

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-362
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

pwicorp/privatefirewall

Timeline

Published Aug 25, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026