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.

Published: 2006-07-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3697 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3697

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.47% +0.38%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 0.05%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3697

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3697

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3697

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
agnitum outpost_firewall 3.51.759.6511 cpe:2.3:a:agnitum:outpost_firewall:3.51.759.6511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lavasoft lavasoft_personal_firewall 1.0.543.5722.433 cpe:2.3:a:lavasoft:lavasoft_personal_firewall:1.0.543.5722.433:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell client_firewall 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:client_firewall:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3697

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