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Outpost Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10660
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Release Date:
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2004-01-20
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Last Update:
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2004-10-21
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Popularity:
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6,898 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Outpost Firewall Pro 1.x
Outpost Firewall Pro 2.x
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Description:
KF has discovered a vulnerability in Outpost Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.
The problem is that Outpost Firewall invokes "Options->Applications and plug-ins" and "Help" with SYSTEM privileges. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability has been reported in trial versions 1 and 2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in version 2.5.
http://www.agnitum.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
KF, Secure Network Operations.
Changelog:
2004-10-21: Updated "Solution" section.
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