CVE-2008-5731
N/A
Published: December 26, 2008 at 05:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDesktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33310Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.phpx_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.phpMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499572/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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