CVE-2014-4973

ESET Windows Products 7.0 Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The ESET Personal Firewall NDIS filter (EpFwNdis.sys) driver in the Firewall Module Build 1183 (20140214) and earlier in ESET Smart Security and ESET Endpoint Security products 5.0 through 7.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted argument to a 0x830020CC IOCTL call.

El controlador del filtro NIDS de ESET Personal Firewall (EpFwNdis.sys) en el módulo del Firewall Build 1183 (20140214) y anteriores en productos ESET Smart Security y ESET Endpoint Security 5.0 hasta 7.0 permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios a través de un argumento manipulado en una llamada IOCTL 0x830020CC.

ESET Windows Products versions 5.0 through 7.0 (Firewall Module Build 1183 (20140214) and earlier) suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-07-15 CVE Reserved
2014-08-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/52	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-4973	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				5.0.94 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "5.0.94"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				5.0.95 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "5.0.95"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				5.2.9 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "5.2.9"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				5.2.15 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "5.2.15"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				6.0.306 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "6.0.306"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				6.0.308 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "6.0.308"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				6.0.314 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "6.0.314"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Smart Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security"				6.0.316 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Smart Security" and version "6.0.316"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2113 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2113"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2122 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2122"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2126 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2126"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2214 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2214"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2225 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2225"		-		Affected
Eset Search vendor "Eset"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security"				5.0.2228 Search vendor "Eset" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "5.0.2228"		-		Affected