CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3697

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.51.759.6511 (462), also used in Lavasoft Personal Firewall 1.0.543.5722 (433) and Novell BorderManager Novell Client Firewall 2.0, improperly restricts user activities in application windows running in a LocalSystem context. This allows local users to gain privileges and execute commands via the "open folder" option when no instance of explorer.exe is running, or by overwriting a batch file through the "Save Configuration As" option. It might be a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and explorer.exe instead of the firewall.

Risk Assessment

A local user can gain system-level privileges and execute arbitrary commands, leading to full compromise of the workstation. The risk is high in environments where users have local console or session access.

Recommendation

Update the firewall to the latest version or apply vendor patches if available. Restrict local access to trusted users and consider implementing the principle of least privilege.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.51.759.6511 (462), as used in (1) Lavasoft Personal Firewall 1.0.543.5722 (433) and (2) Novell BorderManager Novell Client Firewall 2.0, does not properly restrict user activities in application windows that run in a LocalSystem context, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute commands (a) via the "open folder" option when no instance of explorer.exe is running, possibly related to the ShellExecute API function; or (b) by overwriting a batch file through the "Save Configuration As" option. NOTE: this might be a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and explorer.exe instead of the firewall.

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