Vulnerability in Pgp Desktop
CVE-2008-5731
The PGPwded device driver (aka PGPwded.sys) in PGP Corporation PGP Desktop 9.0.6 build 6060 and 9.9.0 build 397 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a certain METHOD_BUFFERED IOCTL request that overwrites portions of memory, related to a "Driver Collapse." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pgp Desktop — versions 9.0.6, 9.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499572/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/33310 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7556 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32991 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4811 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/50914 (vdb-entry)
- www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php