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CVE-2003-1233
Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20030103 Pedestal Software Security Notice (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030103 Another way to bypass Integrity Protection Driver ('subst' vuln) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=59&a=16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ipd-ntcreatesymboliclinkobject-subs-symlink(10979) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 7816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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