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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-12-26

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Desktop (Pgp)

References

• http://osvdb.org/50914
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33310
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811
• http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php
• http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499572/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32991
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021493
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7556