CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2711

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in ISS BlackIce 3.6, used in multiple products, involves a failure to drop privileges before launching help from the 'More Info' button in the 'Application Protection' dialog. This allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as SYSTEM.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can gain full control of the system by executing malicious code with the highest privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the software to a version without this vulnerability or apply temporary security measures to restrict local access.

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Original NVD description (English source)

ISS BlackIce 3.6, as used in multiple products including BlackICE PC Protection, Server Protection, Agent for Server, and RealSecure Desktop 3.6 and 7.0, does not drop privileges before launching help from the "More Info" button in the "Application Protection" dialog, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs as SYSTEM.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS