CVE-2014-4973 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting ESET Smart Security and ESET Endpoint Security products (versions 5.0-7.0). An attacker can exploit a flaw in the EpFwNdis.sys driver by crafting a specific argument to an IOCTL call, gaining elevated privileges on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:5.0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.95CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:5.0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:5.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:6.0.306:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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