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PGP Desktop < 9.10 Multiple Local DoS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 36162
Synopsis
The remote host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of PGP Desktop installed on the remote system is older than 9.10. As such, it reportedly is affected by the following issues :- The IOCTL handler in 'pgpdisk.sys' fails to perform sufficient boundary checks on data associated with 'Irp' objects. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to crash the system.
- The IOCTL handler in 'pgpwded.sys' fails to perform sufficient boundary checks on data associated with 'Irp' objects. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to crash the system or execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Solution
Upgrade to PGP Desktop version 9.10, which reportedly addresses these issues.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 36162
File Name: pgp_desktop_9_10.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 4/15/2009
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:pgp:desktop_for_windows, cpe:/a:symantec:encryption_desktop
Required KB Items: SMB/symantec_encryption_desktop/DriverVersion
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5731, CVE-2009-0681