CVE-2004-2554

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2554
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionNovell Client Firewall (NCF) 2.0, as based on the Agnitum Outpost Firewall, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by opening the NCF tray icon and using the Help functionality to launch programs with SYSTEM privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Client Firewall 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
O-090: Vulnerability in Novell Client Firewall Tray Icon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Novell Client Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Tray Icon Lets Local Users Execute Commands With SYSTEM Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/4120 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
TID-10090585 Novell Client Firewall Tray Icon Lets Local Users Execute Commands With SYSTEM ( 01MAR2004) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Vendor Advisory
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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