PT-2005-3646 · Microsoft · Windows Firewall

Published 2005-09-01 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2765

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Firewall (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the user interface in the Windows Firewall, which does not properly display certain malformed entries in the Windows Registry. This makes it easier for attackers with administrator privileges to hide activities if the administrator only uses the Windows Firewall interface to monitor exceptions.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2765

Affected Products

Windows Firewall

References · 2

• http://microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/897663.mspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2765 · Security Note