CVE-2008-1736

Comodo Firewall Pro before 3.0 does not properly validate certain parameters to hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) a crafted OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES structure in a call to the NtDeleteFile function, which leads to improper validation of a ZwQueryObject result; and unspecified calls to the (2) NtCreateFile and (3) NtSetThreadContext functions, different vectors than CVE-2007-0709.

Published: 2008-04-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1736 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1736

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 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2025-03-30 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-03-29 0.04%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1736

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-2008-1736

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1736

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
comodo comodo_personal_firewall <= 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:comodo:comodo_personal_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1736

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