CVE-2008-5731

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5731
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pgp Desktop 9.0.6 All All All
Application Pgp Desktop 9.9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Page Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.evilfingers.com Exploit
PGP Desktop 9.0.6 (PGPwded.sys) Local Denial of Service Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
osvdb.org/50914 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
PGP Desktop 'PGPwded.sys' Local Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
PGP Desktop IOCTL Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PGP Desktop 9.0.6 Denial Of Service - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
PGP Desktop PGPwded.sys Driver Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
EvilFingers - PGP Desktop 9.0.6 Denial Of Service Vulnerability. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.evilfingers.com
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