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CVE-2003-1233

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIntegrity Protection Driver

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access restrictions to the Windows kernel by using the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create a symbolic link to (1) \Device\PhysicalMemory or (2) to a drive letter using the subst command.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0017.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0018.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/7816
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=59&a=16
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6511
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10979

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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