CVE-2008-5731

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7556

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021493

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499572/100/0/threaded

http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811

http://secunia.com/advisories/33310

http://osvdb.org/50914

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-26

Updated: 2018-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High