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CVE-2006-3697

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 3.51.759.6511 (462), as used in (1) Lavasoft Personal Firewall 1.0.543.5722 (433) and (2) Novell BorderManager Novell Client Firewall 2.0, does not properly restrict user activities in application windows that run in a LocalSystem context, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute commands (a) via the "open folder" option when no instance of explorer.exe is running, possibly related to the ShellExecute API function; or (b) by overwriting a batch file through the "Save Configuration As" option. NOTE: this might be a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and explorer.exe instead of the firewall.

Affected products

• Agnitum Outpost Firewall: 3.51.759.6511
• Lavasoft Personal Firewall: 1.0.543.5722.433
• Novell Client Firewall: 2.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21088
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21089
• http://www.ben.goulding.com.au/secad.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/27349
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440426/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19018
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19024
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2851
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2852
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0144
• https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/903/3762108_f.SAL_Public.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21088

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