CVE-2005-3198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Webroot Desktop Firewall before 1.3.0build52 allows local users to disable the firewall, even when password protection is enabled, via certain DeviceIoControl commands.

Published: 2005-10-14

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webroot_software:desktop_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3197	Webroot Desktop Firewall before 1.3.0build52 allows local users to disable the firewall, even when password protection is enabled, via certain DeviceIoControl commands.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00073.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0129.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15745/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-10/advisory/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/55
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015012
http://support.webroot.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=2332
http://www.osvdb.org/19869
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15016
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1973
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22530

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Webroot Software Desktop Firewall

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:01:59.310Z

Reserved: 2005-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3198

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-14T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3198

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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