CVE-2004-2554

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2554
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:32:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Client Firewall 2.0 All All All
Application Novell Client Firewall 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Tray Icon Lets Local Users Execute Commands With SYSTEM Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
O-090: Vulnerability in Novell Client Firewall Tray Icon CIAC www.ciac.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Novell Client Firewall Privilege Escalation Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
4120 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
TID-10090585 Novell Client Firewall Tray Icon Lets Local Users Execute Commands With SYSTEM ( 01MAR2004) CONFIRM support.novell.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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