CVE-2014-4973

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-09-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The ESET Personal Firewall NDIS filter (EpFwNdis.sys) driver in the Firewall Module Build 1183 (20140214) and earlier in ESET Smart Security and ESET Endpoint Security products 5.0 through 7.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted argument to a 0x830020CC IOCTL call.

Affected products

ESET Endpoint Security: 5.0.2113, 5.0.2122, 5.0.2126, 5.0.2214, 5.0.2225, 5.0.2228
ESET Smart Security: 5.0.94, 5.0.95, 5.2.9, 5.2.15, 6.0.306, 6.0.308 (+2)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/52
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-4973/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/52
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-4973/

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