Vulnerability in Sygate Technologies Protection Agent
CVE-2005-4525
SmcGui.exe in Sygate Protection Agent 5.0 build 6144 allows local users to obtain management control over the agent by executing the GUI (SmcGui.exe) and then killing the process, which causes the privileged management GUI to launch.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sygate Technologies Protection Agent — versions 5.0_build_6144
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18175/ (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15977/ (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419909/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.irmplc.com/advisory014.htm (Exploit)