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CVE-2008-5724

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-5724
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.80%

Original NVD 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.