CVE-2014-4973 - Privilege Escalation in ESET Windows Products

Vulnerability title: Privilege Escalation in ESET Windows Products
CVE: CVE-2014-4973
Vendor: ESET
Product: ESET Windows Products
Affected version: v5.0 - 7.0 (Firewall Module Build 1183 (20140214) and
earlier)
Fixed version: v6 - v7 (Firewall Module Build 1212 (20140609))
Reported by: Kyriakos Economou

Details:

Versions 5.0 - 7.0 of ESET Smart Security and ESET Endpoint Security
products for Windows XP OS allow a low privileged user to execute code
as SYSTEM by exploiting a vulnerability in the ESET Personal Firewall
NDIS filter (EpFwNdis.sys) kernel mode driver also mentioned as Personal
Firewall module Build 1183 (20140214) and prior. This is a 'trusted
value vulnerability' that can be triggered through a specific IOCTL with
a specifically crafted buffer, to force the driver to validate an
improper IOCTL.

Further details at:
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-4973/

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