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Kerio Personal Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10746
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Release Date:
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2004-01-29
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Popularity:
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8,823 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Kerio Personal Firewall 2.x
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Description:
Tuneld.com has reported a vulnerability in Kerio Personal Firewall, allowing malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.
The function used to load configuration files can be exploited to open arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.1.5. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not use Kerio Personal Firewall on systems with untrusted local users.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tuneld.com
Original Advisory:
http://www.tuneld.com/news/?id=30
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