CVE-2004-2554: Novell Client Firewall

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Novell Client Firewall (NCF) 2.0, as based on the Agnitum Outpost Firewall, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by opening the NCF tray icon and using the Help functionality to launch programs with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

• Novell Client Firewall: version 2.0 only

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.