Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-3973 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MY Firewall Plus MY Firewall Plus 5.0Build1119

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
my-firewall-plus

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Hardware
My_Firewall_Plus
1