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My Firewall Plus: Defend your computer from hackers and online threats with a corporate strength, bidirectional security system.

 

Security Alert – March 16, 2005

My Firewall Plus has a vulnerability that can be exploited by local users to corrupt arbitrary files.

Cause

The vulnerability is caused by the "Smc.exe" process.  This process invokes the Log Viewer's export functionality without dropping SYSTEM privileges. This functionality can be exploited to corrupt arbitrary files on the system with logging information.

Resolution

 

Download and install the repair for this from the following link.

NOTE: Before applying the patch, shut down My Firewall Plus.

 

MFP_Patch.exe

 

This will resolve the issue.

Problems downloading the patch?

If you are experiencing difficulty downloading or opening the patch, visit: http://www.webroot.com/downloads/introtodownloading/

 

We would like to thank Secunia for bringing this vulnerability to our attention in a responsible manner and for working with us to protect our customers. Read Secunia's advisory here: http://secunia.com/advisories/13577/

 

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