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CVE-2005-4151
The Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space…
Low2.1EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
Description
The Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space in the last cluster for the file, which allows local users to access the previous contents of the disk.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20051209 PGP Wipe Free Space, Lyris ListManager Flaws, Windows Timestamps, Sam Juicer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051216 Update on the PGP NTFS File Wipe Issue, 16 Dec 2005 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20051208 PGP Wipe Free Space, Lyris ListManager Flaws, Windows Timestamps, Sam Juicer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 15784 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051211 Status on PGP NTFS File Wipe issue, 11 Dec 2005 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/pgp_slackspace/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .