Comodo Firewall Pro cmdmon.sys denial of service
| comodofirewallpro-cmdmon-dos (32059) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Comodo Firewall Pro (former Comodo Personal Firewall) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the CFP driver (cmdmon.sys). A local attacker could send a specially-crafted arguments to the NtConnectPort, NtCreatePort, NtCreateSection, NtOpenProcess, NtOpenSection, NtOpenThread or NtSetValueKey function to cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Comodo, Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4.16.174
- Comodo, Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3.6.81
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Comodo Firewall Pro (2.4.17.183 or later), available from the Comodo Firewall Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Comodo Firewall Pro Web site, Firewall Free Firewall Protection Best Firewall Test Firewall Software Network Security Internet Attacks Computer Personal Firewall at http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/.
- Comodo Firewall Pro Web site (download and support), ree Firewall Protection Software Best Firewall Computer Security Free Personal Firewall at http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html?currency=USD®ion=North%20America&country=US.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Feb 01 2007 - 05:40:39 CST, Comodo Multiple insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT function Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0006.html.
- Matousec Transparent Security Advisory 2007-02-01.01, Comodo Multiple insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT function Vulnerability at http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Comodo-Multiple-insufficient-argument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php.
- BID-22357: Comodo Firewall CMDMon.SYS Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-0708: cmdmon.sys in Comodo Firewall Pro (formerly Comodo Personal Firewall) before 2.4.16.174 does not validate arguments that originate in user mode for the (1) NtConnectPort and (2) NtCreatePort hooked SSDT functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via invalid arguments.
- CVE-2007-0709: cmdmon.sys in Comodo Firewall Pro (formerly Comodo Personal Firewall) 2.4.16.174 and earlier does not validate arguments that originate in user mode for the (1) NtCreateSection, (2) NtOpenProcess, (3) NtOpenSection, (4) NtOpenThread, and (5) NtSetValueKey hooked SSDT functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via invalid arguments.
- SECTRACK ID: 1017580: Comodo Firewall Pro `cmdmon.sys` Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service and Potentially Gain Elevated Privileges
Reported:
Feb 01, 2007
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