Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5731

Title: Pgp Desktop Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5731

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Dec 26, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.18%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

A
avira 1
P
pgp 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5731 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7556
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.