CVE-2005-4151

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4151
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-10 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space in the last cluster for the file, which allows local users to access the previous contents of the disk.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pgp Desktop 8.0 All home All
Application Pgp Desktop 9.0 All professional All
Application Pgp Desktop All All professional All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0349 - [Full-disclosure] PGP Wipe Free Space, Lyris ListManager Flaws, Windows Timestamps, Sam Juicer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - PGP Desktop Wipe Free Space Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
The Metasploit Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 metasploit.com Exploit
www.osvdb.org/21569 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
PGP Desktop Wipe Free Space Assistant Improper Disk Wipe Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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