CVE-2006-3697
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3691)
- Published
- July 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3691 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- agnitum / outpost firewall
- lavasoft / lavasoft personal firewall
- novell / client firewall
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21088(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21089(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2852(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0144(Vendor Advisory)
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/903/3762108_f.SAL_Public.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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