CVE-2005-3198

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Webroot Software Desktop Firewall: through 1.3.0_build_43

References

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
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0129.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15745/

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