CVE-2005-4525 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sygate Protection Agent 5.0 build 6144, specifically affecting the SmcGui.exe component. An attacker can gain management control over the agent by launching the GUI and then terminating the process, which subsequently triggers the launch of a privileged management GUI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and has low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0_build_6144CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sygate_technologies:protection_agent:5.0_build_6144:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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