CVE-2008-1736
7.2 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2008-1736 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting comodo comodo_personal_firewall. It was published on April 30, 2008 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
Comodo Firewall Pro before 3.0 does not properly validate certain parameters to hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) a crafted OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES structure in a call to the NtDeleteFile function, which leads to improper validation of a ZwQueryObject result; and unspecified calls to the (2) NtCreateFile and (3) NtSetThreadContext functions, different vectors than CVE-2007-0709.
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from comodo. Update comodo_personal_firewall to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| comodo | comodo_personal_firewall | 0 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2008-1736?
CVE-2008-1736 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting comodo comodo_personal_firewall. It was published on April 30, 2008 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2008-1736?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2008-1736?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from comodo. Update comodo_personal_firewall to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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