The dwall.sys driver in SoftSphere DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.24 allows local users…
Priority LOW 34CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
The dwall.sys driver in SoftSphere DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.24 allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x00222000, 0x00222004, 0x00222008, 0x0022200c, or 0x00222010 IOCTL call.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01047 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:softsphere:defensewall_personal_firewall:3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.24 | Vulnerable | Softsphere |
- cpe:2.3:a:softsphere:defensewall_personal_firewall:3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.24 Vulnerable ·Softsphere
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1515
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m52j-356x-vrwm
More Softsphere Defensewall Personal Firewall vulnerabilities
- TI-2010-04856 Race condition in DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 on Windows XP allows local users to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2015-1515 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-1515 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m52j-356x-vrwm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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