CVE-2005-4525

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2005-4525 · Published 28/12/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-4525 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting protection agent (sygate technologies).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
protection agent sygate_technologies	`= 5.0_build_6144`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/18175 · Vendor Advisory
irmplc.com/advisory014.htm · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/419909/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/15977 · Exploit

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